31-316. Estimate of benefits to highways and railroad property; how determined.

The benefits to public streets and highways, railroad property, right-of-way and roadbed, shall be assessed according to the increased efficiency and value added thereto by reason of, and the protection derived from, the aforesaid drainage works and improvements.

Source:Laws 1905, c. 161, § 9, p. 614; Laws 1909, c. 147, § 3, p. 510; R.S.1913, § 1811; C.S.1922, § 1758; C.S.1929, § 31-415; R.S.1943, § 31-316.

Annotations

Benefits accruing to railroad by drainage of flood waters may be assessed by drainage district. Rudersdorf Drainage District v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 118 Neb. 43, 223 N.W. 639 (1929); Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Drainage District No. 5 of Richardson County, 110 Neb. 762, 195 N.W. 113 (1923).