Knox County Stone Co. v. Bellefontaine Quarry, Inc.

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Judge.

This appeal involves a dispute over the existence of an easement for a right-of-way for a railroad sidetrack which crosses over defendant’s land. The trial court found that because plaintiffs predecessor in title had reserved the sidetrack when it conveyed the land over which it ran, plaintiff owned the sidetrack with full right of ingress and egress. The court ordered defendant and intervenor to remove certain encumbrances therefrom. Defendant and intervenor appeal, primarily arguing that plaintiffs interest in the sidetrack was abandoned or extinguished and did…