Manion v. Louisville, St. Louis & Texas R. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 79 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. A railroad company can not abandon the purpose of taking property which it has had condemned for its use, and thus escape liability for the damages assessed. (2 Vroom, N. J., p. 72; 86 Am. Dec., 199; First Nat. Bank v. West Biver B. Co., 49 Vt., 167; 27 Vt., 39; 25 Mo., 532; 2 Mo.
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Case 79 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM HENDERSON CIRCUIT COURT. A railroad company can not abandon the purpose of taking property which it has had condemned for its use, and thus escape liability for the damages assessed. (2 Vroom, N. J., p. 72; 86 Am. Dec., 199; First Nat. Bank v. West Biver B. Co., 49 Vt., 167; 27 Vt., 39; 25 Mo., 532; 2 Mo. Ap., 105; 44 Mo., 116; 10 How., 395; 62 Me., 272; 9 Iowa, 438; 12 Mo., 328; 60 N. Y., 319; 28 N. H., 244; 13 Kansas, 514; 56 N. Y., 144; 1 Hill, 545; 11 Wend., 155; 1 Wend., 318; 73 N. Y., 560; 7 John., 542; 18 John., 545; 20 La. Ann., 497; 39 N. J. L.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PEYOE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The General Statutes, chapter 18, b, sec. 7, provides: “Upon confirmation of the report of commissioners by the county court, or the assessment of damages by said court as herein provided, and the payment or tender' to the owners of the amount due as shown by the report of the commissioners when confirmed, or as shown by the judgment of the county court when the damages are assessed by said court, and all costs adjudged to the owner, the railroad company shall be-entitled to take possession of said land or material, and to use and control the same…
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