Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Shafer
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Seward county. Tried below before Bates, J. The first and second instructions were erroneous. (St. Loins & S. W. R. Co. v. Hammers, 51 Kan., 127; Atchison & D. R. Co. v. Lyon, 5 Am. & Eng.
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Error from the district court of Seward county. Tried below before Bates, J. The first and second instructions were erroneous. (St. Loins & S. W. R. Co. v. Hammers, 51 Kan., 127; Atchison & D. R. Co. v. Lyon, 5 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. [Kan.], 295; Blakeley v. Chicago, K. & N. R. Co., 25 Neb., 212; Republican V. R. Co. v. Linn, 15 Neb., 241; Fremont, E. & M. V. R. Co. v. Whalen, 11 Neb., 589.) Error resulted from the failure of the court to file with the clerk certain instructions read to the jury. (Tagg v. Miller, 10 Neb., 443; Fry v. Tilton, 11 Neb., 456.) The court erred in permitting the…
1Opinion of the CourtPost, C. J.
This proceeding presents for review the judgment of the district court for Seward county awarding in favor of the defendant in error, Shafer, damage on account of the appropriation by the plaintiff in error, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, of the property ■of the former for right of way purposes. In the brief of counsel three reasons are assigned for a reversal of the judgment complained of, and which will be noticed in the order presented.
The trial' court, among other instructions relating to the measure of damage, gave the following:
“No. 1. The jury are instructed that in…
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