Harvey v. Illinois Cent. R.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie circuit court of Madison county. Hon. W. H. Potter, Judge. Suit by George Harvey against tbe Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. • Tbe facts are fully stated in tbe opinion of tbe court.
1Opinion of the Court
Cook, P. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe declaration in this case was filed in tbe circuit court of Madison county by George Harvey, appellant here. The declaration avers that some forty-five or fifty years ago a railroad was constructed from Canton to *836Jackson, Miss.; that some fifteen or twenty years before the institution of this suit the appellee railroad company either purchased or leased the line in question; that said line of railway five miles south of Canton, runs through the lands of plaintiff, which lands he had owned for more than twenty-five years; that the natural…
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