St. Louis Bridge & Construction Co. v. Memphis, Carthage & Northwestern Railroad

The petition alleged in substance, that the plaintiff and defendant are corporations, duly incorporated under the laws of this State, the latter for the purpose of building and operating a railroad from the town of Pierce City, in Lawrence county, Missouri, westwardly to the boundary line of the state of Kansas, and thence toward Oswego, in that state, through the county of Cherokee, Kansas; that at the several times hereinafter mentioned, said defendant owned and still owns a railroad running *665through the several counties along its route as located, etc., together with a road-bed. and right…