White Water Valley Canal Co. v. Henderson

■Thomas Henderson filed his claim with the White Water Valley Canal Company for damages occasioned by the construction of the canal of said company through his land. Arbitrators were appointed pursuant to the charter, a hearing had, and an award returned to the office of the secretary of the company at Connersville, Fayette county, giving the claimant 2,000 dollars damages. From that award the company took a supposed appeal, which was filed in the office of the clerk of the Fayette Circuit Court. That Court refused to hear said appeal and dismissed it for want of jurisdiction, and their…