Cross v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.

The petition alleges that plaintiff is the owner of certain lots in the city of Brunswick, upon which there are dwelling and other houses of the value of $2,000; that said lots front on Mulberry, corner on Jackson street in said city, and that prior to the acts of defendant, herein complained of, said streets were dedicated and used as public highways; that in the year 1876 the defendant, without authority of law, and against the rights of plaintiff, wrongfully constructed its railroad track upon Mulberry street in front of said lots, and dug ditches and erected high embankments, whereby said…