St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Fulkerson

Appellant railway company has the record title to a right-of-way through the plantation owned by appellees, which plantation they inherited from their father, George F. Baucum. This right-of-way is 100 feet wide, 50 feet on each side of the center of the main track, but, for a distance of 1,600 feet opposite the depot at Baucum, the right-of-way south of the center of the track is 100 feet wide, making the total width of the right-of-way for this distance 150 feet. The right-of-way was acquired through two deeds from George F. Baucum, the last of which was executed in October, 1889.

The…