Burbridge v. New Albany & Salem Railroad

Claim for damages arising from the construction of a railroad. Damages assessed. Appeal by the claimants. The claimants, Morgan Burbridge and another, are tenants for years of the real estate injured, and the question in the cause turns upon the extent of that interest, as against the railroad company. In showing their title and interest, as was necessary for them to do, they set forth in their complaint a lease from Daniel F. Durkee, for a number of years, of the real estate injured— some twenty acres of land, with a water-power and manufacturing establishment thereon — at an annual rent of…