Rennick v. Board of Commissioners
Rennick v. Board of Commissioners
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This was an appeal from an award of damages, made by the board of county commissioners of Lyon county, for the location of a county-line road over appellant’s land. On the 15th of October, 1886, the board of county commissioners aforesaid, upon a report of viewers who had been duly appointed, proceeded to and did establish the road, so far as that board could. In establishing the road, it was necessary to appropriate to public use several acres of land belonging to Josie P. Rennick, for which the board awarded damages to the amount of $30. The order and the award were made by the Lyon county board on October 15, 1886, and the action of the Wabaunsee county board on the part of the road located in that county was not taken until January 5, 1887. Josie P. Rennick, feeling aggrieved by the award of damages allowed by the Lyon county board, appealed to the district court of Lyon county on January 25, 1887, more than ninety days after the order appealed from was made. A motion to dismiss the appeal because it was not taken within thirty days, the time allowed by the statute, was made and sustained. This ruling is assigned for error.
The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.