Legal Opinion

Indianapolis Northern Traction Co. v. Essington

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 1, 1912No. 7,634PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Prom Hamilton Circuit Court; Meade Vestal, Judge. Action by Mary E. Essington against tbe -Indianapolis Northern Traction Company and others. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.

Appellee filed this suit to compel specific performance of a covenant contained in a deed by which she conveyed to the first named appellant a strip of land constituting its right of way across her farm for an electric interurban railway. The house and other buildings on appellee’s land were situated about forty rods back from the highway and were reached by a private lane extending over her lands. The right of way conveyed to appellants crosses the land of appellee about half way between the buildings and the road and, at the point where it intersects the private lane, there is a cut eight…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Joy v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  2. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  3. Watson v. SutherlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  4. Ikerd v. BeaversIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Burke v. MeadIndiana Supreme Court · 1902

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Royer v. State ex rel. BrownIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Bauermeister v. SullivanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1928
  3. North v. NewlinIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. Buck v. Indiana Construction Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1923
  5. Indiana Union Traction Co. v. SeislerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914

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