Hensley v. Wasiota & Black Mountain Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

On October 19, 1911, the appellee railroad company filed its petition in the Harlan county court to condemn a strip of land 100 feet in width by 335 feet in length, and located on Clover Fork, near the town of Harlan, for its rights of way. The county court appointed three commissioners- to assess the damages, and they filed their report fixing the damages at $400.00, and giving the names of the owners of the land. Process issued upon the report, and was executed upon the claimants of the land. Subsequently, other claimants intervened and were made…