Case Name: Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway Company v. Rinehart et al.
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1896-02-19
Citations: 14 Ind. App. 587
Docket Number: No. 1,827
Parties: Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway Company v. Rinehart et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 587–588

Head Matter:
No. 1,827.
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railway Company v. Rinehart et al.
Appellate Court. — Jurisdiction.—Damages.—Railroad Right of Way. — The Appellate Court has jurisdiction of an appeal from an award of damages in proceedings to condemn lands for a railroad right of way, where the only question involved is the amount of damages recoverable.
From the St. Joseph Circuit Court.
A. L. Brick and A. Anderson, for appellant.
Weir & Weir, for appellees.

Opinion:
Gavin, C. J.
Appellant appropriated certain of appellees' lands for its railroad right of way; appellees appealed to the circuit court from the award of damages. The only questions involved in the circuit court, or in this court, relate to the amount of damages recoverable.
According to the decision of the Supreme Court in Indiana, etc., Oil Co. v. Wooters, 141 Ind. 315, the jurisdiction is in this court, the amount involved being less than $3,500.
Filed February 19, 1896.
Motion to transfer overruled.