Zeagler v. Willis

Hawkins, Justice.

If, as contended by the plaintiff, the deeds by his predecessors in title to the railway company did not convey title, but conveyed only a right-of-way or easement for railroad purposes to the 200-foot strip of land therein described, and such right-of-way has, upon its abandonment by the railway company, reverted to him as successor in title to the railway company’s grantors, he has an adequate remedy at law by action in ejectment to recover the land conveyed by the railway company to the defendant Willis; whereas, if the conveyances by the plaintiff’s predecessors in title…