Quality Realty Co. v. Wabash Ry. Co.

VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judge.

The Hawthorne Investment Company, a corporation of St. Louis, Mo., on and prior to July 11,1911, was the owner of all of city block 3917 of said city. On that date, it entered into a contract with the Wabash Railroad Company, predecessor of appellee Railway Company. Block 3917 is bounded on the north by Forest Park boulevard, on the east by Sarah' street, on the south by Duncan avenue, and on the west by Boyle avenue. The main line of the Wabash runs parallel with, and somewhat more than a city block south of, Duncan avenue. Prior to July 11, 1911, that portion…