Lowe v. City of Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doane, J. cited: Schaller v. Omaha, 23 Neb., 325, and cases. cited, as to what constitutes special benefits: Roberts v. Com’rs Brown Co., 21 Kan., 247; Springfield v. Schmooh, 68 Mo., 394; Palmer Co. v. Ferrell, 17 Pick. [Mass.], 58; Trosper v. Com’rs, 27 Kan., 391; Allen v. Charlestown, 109 Mass., 243; Sexton v.N: Bridgeioater, 116 Id., 200; Allegheny v. Black’s Heirs, 99 Pa.
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Error to the district court for Douglas county. Tried below before Doane, J. cited: Schaller v. Omaha, 23 Neb., 325, and cases. cited, as to what constitutes special benefits: Roberts v. Com’rs Brown Co., 21 Kan., 247; Springfield v. Schmooh, 68 Mo., 394; Palmer Co. v. Ferrell, 17 Pick. [Mass.], 58; Trosper v. Com’rs, 27 Kan., 391; Allen v. Charlestown, 109 Mass., 243; Sexton v.N: Bridgeioater, 116 Id., 200; Allegheny v. Black’s Heirs, 99 Pa. St., 152; Hilbourne v. Suffolk Co., 120 Id., 393; Cross v. Plymouth, 125 Id., 557.
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.
The plaintiff in error is the owner of the north half of block 146 in the city of Omaha, and a strip of land 20 feet wide and 264 feet long adjoining said premises on the south. The half block consists of four lots, each being -66 feet by 132 feet. The property is bounded on the east by Sixteenth street, on the north by Harney street, and on the west by Seventeenth street. The following statement of the case we take from the plaintiff’s brief:
“ In the year 1873 the city authorities established a grade upon Harney street, running east and west in front of said premises, by which initial points…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- King v. Minneapolis Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Tomer v. DensmoreNebraska Supreme Court · 1879
- Schaller v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1888
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- United States v. River Rouge Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Eachus v. Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- State Highway Commission v. BaileyOregon Supreme Court · 1957
- Town of Eutaw v. BotnickSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
- Barr v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
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