Noble v. Des Moines & St. Louis R'y Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. The questions involved in this case grow out of proceedings instituted for the condemnation of a right of way for the defendant through the plaintiff’s land. The amount assessed by the sheriff’s jury was $1,500. From the assessment the defendant appealed.
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Appeal from Lucas District Court. The questions involved in this case grow out of proceedings instituted for the condemnation of a right of way for the defendant through the plaintiff’s land. The amount assessed by the sheriff’s jury was $1,500. From the assessment the defendant appealed. A trial was had, and the jury rendered a verdict in these words: “We the jury assess the plaintiff’s damages at $1,300, with interest at six per cent from May 30, 1881.” The court computed the interest at six per cent, and caused an entry to be made, against the objections and resistance of the defendant, to…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i practice oourtP-ra“stract: title of. — I. The paper relied upon by the appellant, as an abstract in this case is not expressly called an abstract, nor does ^ contain any averment that it is such. The aPPellee insists that we cannot regard it as an attract.
In our.opinion the appellee’s position cannot be sustained. The custom is, to be sure, to cause the word abstract to be printed upon the first page, as a mode of designating the paper, and this custom is to be commended. But, in the absence of such Word, the character of the paper can be discovered by a slight examination, and we should…
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