Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. v. Ziegler
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This action was commenced in the Superior Court of Spokane County, State of Washington, wherein William H. Ziegler, on October 5,1891, filed his complaint against the Spokane Falls and Northern Nailway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Washington, seeking to recover the value of a certain piece of land taken by the company for its roadbed and right of way, and also to recover damages for…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This action was commenced in the Superior Court of Spokane County, State of Washington, wherein William H. Ziegler, on October 5,1891, filed his complaint against the Spokane Falls and Northern Nailway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Territory of Washington, seeking to recover the value of a certain piece of land taken by the company for its roadbed and right of way, and also to recover damages for the alleged diminution in value of the tract of land through which the strip extended, caused by the construction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
This action was brought by William H. Ziegler against the Spokane Falls and Northern Railway Company in the Superior Court for Spokane County, Washington, and was, on the petition of the railway company, removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Washington. The trial there resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of Ziegler. That judgment the railway company by a writ of error took to the Circuit Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit. 15 U. S. App. 472; 29 U. S. App. 69. The judgment of the Circuit Court was there affirmed. The case is before us on a writ of…
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