Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Coleman
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided April 22, 1919PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from Pike Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Reversing.
Plaintiff, H. H. Coleman, brought this suit against the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company to recover dam-: ages to his land, caused by overflow. From a verdict and judgment in his favor for $500.00, the railway company appeals.
The first error assigned for a reversal is that the damages are excessive.
Plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land consisting of about 150 acres, and worth $700.00 or $800.00. The company constructed a line of railroad through this tract, leaving a strip of some six acres between its road bed and…
2Cited by9 opinions
- Shelley v. Ozark Pipe Line CorporationSupreme Court of Missouri · 1931
- Dugan v. LongCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Bainbridge Power Co. v. IveyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
- City of Ashland v. KittleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. BlackburnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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