Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Porter
Indiana Court of Appeals
Suit by Eobert L. Porter and others against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Lonis Eailway Company and another. Erom a decree for plaintiffs, defendant railway company appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, J.
It appears from the complaint that the appellant is the owner of back-lying real estate within 150 feet of a street, in the city of Lebanon, improved in 1896 under the Barrett law, the purpose of the suit being to- foreclose the lien of the assessment upon said back-lying real estate, the front portion thereof owned by other parties having sold for an amount less than such assessment.
A demurrer for want of facts to each of the two paragraphs of complaint was overruled. An answer of several paragraphs was filed, including a general denial, special findings of fact and conclusions of law were…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cadwallader v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Voris v. Pittsburg Plate Glass Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1904
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