Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Co. v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Sumner District Court. Condemnation proceedings by the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company for a right-of-way through the northwest quarter of section 2, in township 32, in range 1 west, in Sumner county, in this state. The condemnation commissioners awarded the land-owners $1,999. Both the railway company and the land-owners appealed from this award to the district court of said county.
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Error from, Sumner District Court. Condemnation proceedings by the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company for a right-of-way through the northwest quarter of section 2, in township 32, in range 1 west, in Sumner county, in this state. The condemnation commissioners awarded the land-owners $1,999. Both the railway company and the land-owners appealed from this award to the district court of said county. The appeals were consolidated and tried together under the title of John T. Stewart and A. A. Richards v. The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company. In the district court the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
Appeal from an award made by commissioners to lay off and condemn a right-of-way for a railway company. The commissioners awarded the land - owners $1,999. Both parties appealed. Upon the trial, the jury *706returned a verdict for the land-owners against the railway company for $2,330.70. Judgment was entered thereon. The railway company excepted, and brings the case here. Upon the trial, the railway company introduced as witnesses J. W. Morris, A. M. McConkey, and John S. McMahan, who were farmers living in the vicinity of the land in…
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- Kansas City & Topeka Railway Co. v. VickroySupreme Court of Kansas · 1891
- Wyman v. Lexington & West Cambridge Rail RoadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1847
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