St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Davenport

The plaintiffs, S. A. Davenport and-W. L. Davenport, brought this action against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company and J. H. Reynolds, contractor, and Ben Reynolds, subcontractor, for alleged damages done to the plaintiffs’ farm lands in constructing the railroad through the same. Plaintiffs conveyed to the railroad a right of way over the land, and the damage is claimed to have been done to the remainder. The defendants filed a joint answer, denying that any damage had been done to the land. No separate defense was made by the railway company on the ground that the…