Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad v. Muder

Currier, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

This was a proceeding under the statute to condemn for the plaintiff’s use two parcels of ground lying within the corporate limits of the city of Palmyra. One of these parcels, as the petition shows, was required for a roadway in connecting the tracks of the plaintiff’s railroad, and the other for a site for a depot, engine-house and repair-shops. In accordance with the prayer of the petition, commissioners were appointed, who in due time returned into court a report of their proceedings. One of the defendants, Muder, filed exceptions to this…