Legal Opinion

Egbert v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 16, 1893No. 807PublishedCited by 15 opinions

From the St. Joseph Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtGavin, J.

The appellants brought this action to recover damages for an injury to real estate. A trial resulted in a finding and judgment for the appellee.. The facts out of which the controversy grew are as follows :

On the 30th of March, 1852, Jeremiah H. Service owned, and was in possession of, the land described in the appellants’ complaint, and now owned by them. Said Service, for a valuable consideration, conveyed a tract of land 100 feet wide, for a right of way over and across his lands, to the Northern Indiana Railroad Company, “with the right to construct and maintain a railroad and all…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. City of Indianapolis v. KingsburyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Haynes v. ThomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  3. Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. EberleIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Conklin v. New York, Ontario & Western Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
  5. Buchner v. Chicago, Milwaukee & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Vandalia Railroad v. State ex rel. City of South BendIndiana Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. State ex rel. Town of Fort BranchIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Martin v. MarksIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Keller v. MillerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1917

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