Keithsburg & Eastern Railroad v. Henry

Appellants surveyed and located their road through appellee’s lands, four rods in width. They, afterwards, being unable to agree with appellee as to the amount of compensation which should be paid him, commenced proceedings, under the statute, to condemn the right of way to this strip of ground. A trial was had. and the jury found and assessed appellee’s damages at $1500, and, after overruling a motion for a new trial, the court rendered judgment on the verdict. This proceeding was under the Eminent Domain Law of 1872, and the question raised on the record is, as to the kind and the extent of…