Kansas Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Leavenworth Terminal Railway & Bridge Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff appeals from an award of dámages. Condemnation proceedings were begun to condemn the right to string its wires over the Kansas portion of the defendant’s bridge. It was agreed that the telegraph company had a right to institute and maintain the proceeding, and that the only question for the jury was the amount of damages to be awarded. The jury fixed the sum at $2000 and answered certain special questions showing the iitems making up the total. Complaint is made that some of these items were not supported by any testimony, that…