North Pacific Railroad v. Reynolds

Citations

• 50 Cal. 280
• 1875 Cal. LEXIS 142

Syllabus

<p>Judgment in Gold Coin.—In a proceeding to condemn land for a public use, if the Court finds generally the value of the land taken, in dollars and cents, without saying that the estimated value is in gold coin, it cannot render a judgment in gold coin.</p> <p>Idem.—The point not decided whether, in proceedings to condemn land for a public use, the Court may find its value in gold coin, and render a judgment in gold coin.</p> <p>Special Damages in Taking Land fob a Public Use.—In a proceeding to condemn land for railroad purposes, the damage sustained hy the defendant arising out of the shape in which his land is cut, the raising of the railroad track across it hy an embankment, and the cutting off the remainder of the tract from a road, so as to injure its sale for homestead purposes, are not special damages, and may be proved without being pleaded specially.</p>