Omaha & R. V. R. v. Severin
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Field, J. Cases cited by counsel are referred to in opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, Ch. J.
The plaintiff was the owner of a farm consisting of a square tract of 160 acres of land according to the government surveys.
The defendant, being engaged in constructing a line of railroad, and having the right to apply for an exercise oí the power to condemn and use the right of way over and upon the plaintiff’s land, upon the refusal of the owner of such real estate to grant the same for a price stipulated by the parties, applied to the plaintiff to purchase the real estate necessary for its right of way, and by mutual agreement and contract the defendant purchased of the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jones v. . SeligmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- McCall v. ChamberlainWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861
- Brooks v. New-York & Erie RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1862
- Gray v. Burlington & M. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1873
- Boggs v. C., B. & Q. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Clarke v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Corey v. HunterNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1900
- Martinson v. KershnerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1915
- Kloewer v. Burlington Northern, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Reichert v. KellerNebraska Supreme Court · 1899
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