A. Backus, Jr., & Sons v. Detroit Western Transit & Junction Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne. (Brevoort, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. The facts .are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
Tlie plaintiff brought an action on the case against the above-named defendants, and also against the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages for the unlawful and wrongful use of the plaintiff's‘land in the city of Detroit (over a part of which the defendants, for certain purposes, had a right of way for their engines and cars to pass over, and for no other purpose), and by which wrongful use the plaintiff claims to have been damaged in the use of its premises, and in the enjoyment of the same, to its great injury.
'Plaintiff also claims in its declaration that by…
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- McMillan v. Mich. S. & N. I. R. R.Michigan Supreme Court · 1867
- Railroad Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Central & Montgomery Railroad v. Morris & CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Nelson v. Vermont & Canada RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
- Abbott v. Johnstown, Gloversville & Kingsboro Horse RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
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- Hadley Warehouse Co. v. BroughtonWashington Supreme Court · 1923