Legal Opinion

Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad v. Bates

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided May 2, 1894No. 5522PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Keysor, J. cited: Missouri P. B. Co. v. Hays, 15 Neb., 224; Blakeley v. Chicago, K. & N. B. Co., 25 Neb., 212; Bepublican Valley B. Co. v. Linn, 15 Neb., 234; Chicago, K. & N. B. Co. v. Hazels, 26 Neb., 375; City of Plattsmouth v. Boeck, 32 Neb., 297. cited: Dearborn v. Boston, C. & M. B. Co., 24 N. H., 179; Watson v. Pittsburgh & C. B. Co., 37 Pa. St., 469.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

March 23, 1887, the plaintiff in error filed a petition in the county court of Douglas county and instituted proceedings to condemn the right of way, etc., for a line of railroad across and through the southeast quarter of section 20, township 16, range 12, in Douglas county, Nebraska. The regular condemnation proceedings were had and the commissioners made a report finding the quantity of land taken to be 9.88 acres and valued the same at $60 per acre, and awarded and appraised the damages to the owner in the sum of $592.80. The defendant in error George Bates was, at the time of the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. St. Louis & Southeastern Railway Co. v. TetersIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Omaha Southern Railway Co. v. ToddNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska R. R. v. WiebeNebraska Supreme Court · 1889
  4. City of Omaha v. HansenNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Kahn v. New York Elevated RailroadNew York Court of Common Pleas · 1893

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. St. Louis, El Reno & Western Railway Co. v. OliverSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1906
  2. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation District v. ArmstrongNebraska Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. O'ConnorNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Churchill v. BeetheNebraska Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Snyder v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1942

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