36 Kan. 367 | Kan. | 1887
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chicago, Iowa & Kansas Railroad Company instituted proceedings to condemn a right-of-way through Washington county upon which to construct and operate its road. The commissioners appointed for that purpose laid out a right-of-way through the city of Hanover, and condemned a strip of land one hundred feet wide over a lot situated in that city owned by John Knuffke, upon which certain buildings were attached and standing. In the report filed by the commissioners it is stated that the lot was taken for the right-of-way of the railroad, and they add: “And we do appraise the