Leavenworth, Northern & Southern Railway Co. v. Meyer

Dóster, C. J.

The plaintiff in error instituted proceedings to secure a right of way through Leavenworth County. Messrs. Hacker, Havens and Jaggard were appointed commissioners to condemn the right of way and award damages therefor. The route of the railroad as laid out was across a section of land belonging to the defendant in error. The commissioners viewed the same, estimated the value of the land taken and the damages to the remainder not taken, and prepared and signed a report on either the fifteenth or sixteenth of December, 1886 ; — probably, on the date first mentioned. On the…