Elyton Land Co. v. South & North Ala. Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried, before tbe Hon. James B. Heal. This action was brought by tbe Elyton Land Company, a private corporation, against tlie South & North Alabama Railroad Company, to recover tlie possession of a tract or strip of land, which was thus described in the complaint: “A strip of land 35 feet wide, on the north side of and adjoining the line of the right-of-way of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, as located and extended…
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried, before tbe Hon. James B. Heal. This action was brought by tbe Elyton Land Company, a private corporation, against tlie South & North Alabama Railroad Company, to recover tlie possession of a tract or strip of land, which was thus described in the complaint: “A strip of land 35 feet wide, on the north side of and adjoining the line of the right-of-way of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, as located and extended from the west side or line of section 29, township 17, range 2 west, to the north line of section 2, township 18, range 3…
1Opinion of the CourtWalk.eb, J.
'The land involved in this suit is included in the description of the strips of land lying on either side of the right-of-way of the Alabama & Cattanooga Bailroad Company, which, by the terms of the contract of April 21st, 1871, between the Elyton Land Company, the Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Company, and the South & North Alabama Bailroad Company, were to be held by the Elyton Land Company forever as a perpetual right-of-way for all railroad companies doing business in and through the city of Birmingham. That contract was before this court in the case of the Alabama Great Southern R. R.…
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