Anderson v. Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Mtt,t,f,r.

Affirming.

The appellant Reuben Anderson, owned a farm of thirty acres on Elkhorn Creek, in Letcher county, and about one mile from the city of Jenkins. About six acres of it were level; the remainder was hilly and broken.

The appellee, the Sandy Valley & Elkhorn Railway Co. (hereinafter called the railway company for brevity), was organized for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the mouth of Shelby Creek, in Pike county, to a point near the head of Elkhorn Creek, in the adjoining county of Letcher, a distance of about thirty-five miles.

On…