Legal Opinion
Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad v. Reynolds
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1888No. 13,421PublishedCited by 17 opinions
From the Marion Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The decision in this case depends almost entirely upon the construction of a written instrument, pur*357porting to be a release of a right of way over certain lands, executed by Jesse A. Eeynolds to the Indianapolis and Vincennes Eailroad Company.
The question to be decided is presented in various forms by the record. It appears that in the year 1867, the railroad company, having surveyed and being about to locate and construct its road, was desirous of procuring a right of way over certain lands owned by Eeynolds. Having made a number of ineffectual attempts to agree upon the amount of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. ForsythIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Keller v. WebbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Roehl v. HaumesserIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- Campbell v. Indianapolis & Vincennes RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Snow v. Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Abercrombie v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1905
- Stevens v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1919
- Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. GeiselIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1907
- Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad v. LewisIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
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