Groves & Sand Ridge Railroad v. Herman

The appellant company filed in the county court of Jackson county its petition for the condemnation of the right of way for its railroad through certain lands belonging to the appellees. The appellee John Herman was the owner of 40 acres of land, out of which a strip along the east side, containing 3.57 acres, was asked to be condemned. The appellee Amil Sherman owned a farm of 100 acres, from which a strip of land containing 4.96 acres was asked to be taken.- The other appellees, being the widow and heirs of Silas Cróssin, deceased, were the owners of a farm of 120 acres of land, ont of…