Legal Opinion

Taylor v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 1, 1885PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from tlie Circuit Court for Fond du Lao County. Tte case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.

This is an action of ejectment brought by the respondent against the appellant company, to recover the possession of a strip of land along which the company and its predecessor in right had constructed and operated a railroad track. The evidence shows conclusively that the track was constructed along a public street in the city of Eond du Lac, and had been used as a railroad for about eight years before the commencement of this action, and, so far as the evidence in this case shows, such railroad had been so built and operated along said street, and on the strip of land now claimed by the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Buchner v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Hanlin v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Sherman v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Buchner v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Bohlman v. Green Bay & Lake Pepin Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1872

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Brusha Et Ux. v. Board of Education of Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. EnglehartNebraska Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Reichert v. St. L. & S. Fr. Ry.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1889
  4. Buckwalter v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1902
  5. Pabst Brewing Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914

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