Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Polecat Drainage District

This was a petition filed by the appellee drainage district under the provisions of the Eminent Domain act, for the condemnation of the right of way for the ditch of the drainage district in the bed of a natural water-course, across the right of way of the appellant company at two points. The appellant filed a cross-petition, asking for an assessment in its favor for damages to property not faken. A hearing resulted in an order granting the relief prayed for in the petition, at petitioner’s cost, on the payment to the appellant company of the sum of $40 for the property taken and the sum of…