42 Kan. 462 | Kan. | 1889
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an appeal from an award made by the county commissioners of Cowley county for damages sus
Enough is shown by the record to establish that the appeal was taken within the prescribed time. The fact that no file-marks are upon the report does not preclude a party from showing when it was actually deposited or filed with the county clerk, and the record discloses that it was filed on December 30, 1885. The appeal bond itself recites that the report was filed with the county clerk at that time, and in the record of the facts and proceedings brought before us there is a statement that “plaintiff by counsel offers to introduce in evidence the report of the right-of-way commissioners, filed in the office of the county clerk of this county 30th of December, 1885.” This statement of fact is uncontradicted in the record, and was passed over without question by the railroad company. When the motion to dismiss the appeal was made, counsel for the railroad company did not indicate that the appeal was not taken in time, or that there was any question in respect to the time when the report was filed. It is obvious that the appeal was perfected within ten days from the filing of the report hence this objection must be overruled.
The railroad company further assails the validity of the appeal bond on the ground that it does not contain a definite description of the appellant’s premises through which the railroad was laid, and the defect referred to is that the range in which the land lie's is not stated. The bond recites that the route laid off was across and through “the following lands, situated in said county of Cowley, state of Kansas, owned in fee simple by the above bounden Elizabeth C. Hurst, to wit: Lots numbered 5 and 6 in the northwest quarter of section number 2, in township number 35 south, 3 east, as shown in said report.” This description is sufficient. By locating the land in Cowley county the omission of the range becomes unimportant. Besides, the bond specifically refers to the report
There are objections to the evidence given by certain farmers in regard to the value of the land taken and of the farm before and after the appropriation, but these objections are the same that were made and answered in another case wherein the same railroad company was a party, and further discussion is not required. (K. C. & S. W. Rld. Co. v. Ehret, 41 Kas. 22; same case, 20 Pac. Rep. 538.)
Finding no error in the record, the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.