Elizabethtown & Paducah Ry. Co. v. Stickler
Elizabethtown & Paducah Ry. Co. v. Stickler
Opinion of the Court
Opinion oe the Court by
It seems to this court that the judgment in this case 'ought not to be allowed to stand. Stickler assessed his tract of land at about twenty dollars per acre. Allowing it to be worth double that amount, the three acres taken by the railway company would be worth $120.00. The fifteen acres separated from the main tract by the road would be worth $600. The judgment is for
Testing the measure of recovery by the rule laid down in the case of the Appellant herein, vs. Helm’s Heirs, this day decided, it is manifest that the damages allowed appellee are unreasonable and excessive.
Wherefore the judgment must be reversed. The cause is remanded for a new trial, upon the principles laid down in the opinion of this court in the above named case.
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