Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. Hargis

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Willis

— Reversing.

The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company instituted a proceeding in the Breathitt county court against Margaret Hargis and others to condemn a strip of land approximately 100 feet wide and over a mile in length extending through a farm belonging to the defendants. The commissioners appointed by the county court as-: sessed the value of the property taken and the damage to the remainder at $3,500. Both parties filed exceptions to the commissioners’ report, and a trial of the excep: tions in the county court resulted in a verdict in favor of the…