Cunningham, Admr. v. New York Cent. R. Co.

This was a suit for damages commenced by appellant’s decedent, Jennie M. Conrad, based upon the alleged breach of a covenant to maintain a railroad station on lands conveyed by her for that purpose.. The appeal is from a judgment upon a verdict for the appellee returned at the close of all the evidence by peremptory instruction.

The substituted complaint alleged appellant’s appointment as administrator and that on March 27, 1905, Mrs. Conrad, then owner of five thousand acres of land in Newton County, contracted in writing with The Indiana Harbor Railroad Company through C. W. Hotchkiss, its…