McClellan v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad

Appeal from Lincoln ■ Circuit Court. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Judge. Tins action of ejectment by respondent against the appellant was commenced August 24, 1887, for possession of a part of appellant’s roadbed and right of way across respondent’s farm in Lincoln county, Missouri. The ouster was laid January 1, 1887. The answer of defendant admitted it was a railroad corporation, and its possession of the land sued for ; denied the other allegations and relied on the statute of limitations. The answer, for a further defense, alleges that the St. Louis & Keokuk Railroad Company on August 8, 1870,…