Louisville & Indiana Railroad Company v. Indiana Gas Company

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Almost continually from the time of statehood, building Indiana's economy has necessitated constructing networks for the transport of people and product, energy and communications. This litigation centers on one of perhaps thousands of points at which these networks intersect. A railroad contends that a gas company which has laid pipe along a county road that crosses the tracks owes rent to the railroad for passing underneath. We conclude that rent is not owed.

Facts and Case History

The basic facts are not controverted. County Roads 550 North and 400 South in Bartholomew…