Riley v. L. H. & St. L. Ry. Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

In this condemnation proceeding, the only question presented by the record is, was the land condemned necessary for a public use?

Appellee company is a railway corporation, operating a line of railroad from Louisville, Kentucky, to Evansville, Indiana, passing through the county of Daviess and city of Owensboro therein. It sought to condemn a strip of ground owned by the appellant, Mrs. Riley, for the purpose of constructing a spur track from its main line to a point on the property of the Gienmore Distillery Company. This company owns about forty…