Legal Opinion

Winklemans v. Des Moines Northwestern R'y Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided October 17, 1883PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from Carroll Circuit Court. This is a proceeding for the condemnation of a right of way for the defendant’s railroad through the farm of the plaintiff. The sheriff’s jury appraised the plaintiff’s damages at §500. The plaintiff appealed, and a trial by jury was had in the circuit court, and the damages were assessed at $2,100. The defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.

I. The farm of the plaintiff is situated in Greene county. The appeal from the assessment of the 1 warranting denial oí. sheriff’s jury was taken to the October term, 1881, of the circuit court for that county. The parties appeared at that term and, upon the application of the defendant, the place of trial was changed to the circuit court of Carroll county. At the January term, 1882, the cause was continued upon the application of the defendant. At the September term, 1882, and on the twenty-sixth day of that month, the cause was reached for trial in the regular course of the business of the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Preston v. Dubuque & Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis v. VasquezSupreme Court of Missouri · 1960
  2. Redfield v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1959
  3. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. BarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. Maxwell v. Iowa State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1936
  5. Lough v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902

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