Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Clough
Indiana Supreme Court
From Porter Circuit Court; Henry A. Steis, Special Judge. Drainage proceedings on the petition of Susan Clough and others, and from a judgment establishing the drain the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company and others appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtErwin, J.
This is a proceeding brought by appellees, by petition filed in the circuit court of Porter County, in which it is sought to change the course of the Little Calumet River, and make a cut-off from the line of said river, as it now runs, so as to run in a northerly direction into Lake Michigan, across a high ridge of land, on which are situated appellants’ rights of way, and make a drain in some places 200 feet wide at the top and more than thirty feet deep. To ibis petition a demurrer was filed by each of the appellants, on the grounds: (1) that the same does not state facts sufficient to…
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