Quincy, Missouri & Pacific R. R. v. Ridge

This was a proceeding under the general statutes to condemn a strip of ground through defendant’s land for the track of the plaintiffs railway. Commissioners were appointed and made their report, assessing the damages at $50. Defendants filed their exceptions, which were sustained by the court, and the award being set aside, a jury was impaneled to make a new appraisement. This resulted in an assessment of $32o, and judgment accordingly; from which, after nnsnceessfhl motions for new trial and in arrest, the plaintiff appealed.

It is claimed for error, that the court, in considering…