Bradshaw v. City of Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
The appellant filed bis petition in the District Court for Douglas county, against the City of Omaha and Hahn, county treasurer, and alleged therein the following facts : That he was, and for three years had been, seized of a quarter section of land; that part of the land included within the limits of the city was used for agricultural purposes merely, and that the town site laid off into lots was much larger than was now, or was likely to be, required ■ for city purposes ;…
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The appellant filed bis petition in the District Court for Douglas county, against the City of Omaha and Hahn, county treasurer, and alleged therein the following facts : That he was, and for three years had been, seized of a quarter section of land; that part of the land included within the limits of the city was used for agricultural purposes merely, and that the town site laid off into lots was much larger than was now, or was likely to be, required ■ for city purposes ; that the plaintiff’s land was two miles from the settled part of the town, and was one mile from any lands settled,…
1Opinion of the Court 1
Mason, Ch. J.
The city of Omaha was incorporated in 1857. By the act of incorporation more than three thousand acres weré included within its limits. The charter has been amended at almost every session of the legislature since ; some times the boundaries of the city have been extended, and sometimes contracted.
At the last session of the territorial legislature, the last amendment was made. Before that amendatory act was passed, the city limits on the north were, a mile beyond lands laid off into lots. On the other side, the distance was not so great, but it was very considerable.
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