Ehlers v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is a controversy over interest on an award by a commission appointed by the county judge of Douglas county to assess damages resulting from the taking of real estate for railroad purposes in a condemnation proceeding wherein the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company exercised the right of eminent domain. The proper*479ty condemned is described as the south 90% feet of lot 5 and all of lots 6 and 7, in block 221 of the original plat of Omaha. On one of the lots there were three houses occupied by tenants.

The present action is an independent suit in equity in the district court for…