Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Englehart
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from tlie district court of Lancaster county. Tried below before Hall, J.
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This was an action of ejectment brought by George Englehart against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company. The real estate in dispute is a strip 200 feet wide extending across forty acres of the saline lands in Lancaster county. Continuously since 1879 this property has been occupied and used by the defendant and its predecessors in right as a roadway for their trains.
The plaintiff’s claim to possession is based on a contract of purchase of the forty acres aforesaid obtained from the state in 1894. Section 105 of chapter 16, Compiled Statutes 1897, declares: “Any railroad…
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