Watkins v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marion District Court.— Hon. J. H. Apple-gate, Judge. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Weaver, O. J.
Ad quad damnum, proceedings having been instituted for the condemnation of land for the use of the defendant railway, the sheriff’s jury assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $325. From this finding the defendant appealed to the district court, where, upon trial to a jury, the' damages were assessed at $223.95, and plaintiff appeals.
The principal question presented for our review involves the ruling of the trial court in admitting the testimony of one Leopold Liike, a witness on behalf of the defendant, as to the price at which he had sold his own land, and in giving to the jury an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- People, Ex Rel. Mayor, Etc. v. . McCarthyNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Hollingsworth v. Des Moines & St. Louis R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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