Source: http://openjurist.org/print/19402
Timestamp: 2013-12-12 23:55:27
Document Index: 426579599

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4', 'art. 1', '§ 21', '§ 12', '§ 10157', '§ 5940']

HENRY W. O'NEILL and Cornelius K. Hefferman, Plffs. in Err.,v.JACOB F. LEAMER, John T. Daley, Fred Bartels, et al.
With many of the questions discussed in argument this court is not concerned. It has been held that under the state law the drainage district was a public corporation, duly organized, and was entitled to exercise the power of eminent domain. The propriety of the delegation of authority to the district court in the matter of the formation of the drainage district is a state question. The attempt to invoke § 4 of article 4 of the Federal Constitution is obviously futile (Pacific States Teleph. & Teleg. Co. v. Oregon, 223 U. S. 118, 56 L. ed. 377, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 224), and the objection as to suffrage qualifications in connection with the organization and management of the district, sought to be based on the 15th Amendment, is likewise wholly devoid of substance. It is also manifest that the state provided a tribunal for the determination of the compensation due to the plaintiffs by reason of the appropriation in question. Constitution of Nebraska, art. 1. § 21; Laws of 1905, chap. 161, § 12; Cobbey's Anno. Stat. §§ 10157 et seq.; Rev. Stat. 1913, §§ 5940 et seq. Appraisers were appointed, and the plaintiffs had due notice of hearing; they had full opportunity to be heard, to present any relevant question, and to complain of any irregularity or error. The questions of fact as to the definite location of the ditch, the value of the right of way, and the extent of the damage to the property affected, which would be sustained through construction and operation, were the subject of determination in an appropriate proceeding1 See United States v. Jones, 109 U. S. 513, 519, 27 L. ed. 1