Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Fiske
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Fergus County; Roy E. Ayers, Judge. Condemnation Proceedings by the Great Northern Railway Company against George P. Fiske. From judgment on the award as made by the commissioners, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanner
By appropriate proceedings begun in the district court of Fergus county, the plaintiff sought to condemn for railroad purposes a strip of ground containing 13.86 acres across the northwest quarter of section 36, township 16 N., range 17 E., M. P. M., belonging to the defendant. In due course the usual order *232was made declaring that the purposes to be served by the taking constitute a public use, and appointing commissioners “to ascertain and determine, according to law, the compensation to be paid- # # * by reason of the appropriation.” The commissioners, proceeding as required by Code section…
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