Waite v. City of Eldon

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Controversy over title to land upon abandonment of railroad, claimed by plaintiffs as adjacent landowners.

In 1881, a predecessor of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company acquired a 100-foot right-of-way for the construction of a railroad over land located in the N W ¼ S W ⅝ 34-42-15, Miller County, Missouri. A railroad was constructed and operated on the right-of-way. In June, 1930, Missouri Pacific acquired from Harvey and Franklin a strip of land containing 2.0 acres, more or less, immediately adjacent to its previously acquired right-of-way. This tract was…