Ward v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad

The petition in this case was exhibited by the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company, and the object was to have a strip of land, particularly described, and alleged to belong to Lorenzo C. Ward, condemned, under the Eminent Domain act, for the right of .way upon which to construct its railroad track. The proceedings on the petition were had in the circuit court of Kane county. Before the trial was commenced, defendant filed a cross-petition, in which he described the lands owned by him, of which the strip proposed to be taken by the railroad company for its right of way, formed a part,…