Pearson v. City of Louisville

PITTMAN, Justice,

for the Court:

This case involves the construction of a reverter clause in a deed and whether or not the clause was triggered by an act of the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The City of Louisville sued Roy Pearson and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, alleging that the Railroad, in deeding the property in controversy to Pearson, had abandoned the property, thus triggering the reverter clause and causing the property to revert to the City, the original grantor. After a trial, the chancellor found in favor of the City of Louisville. Pearson has appealed to this Court,…