Leitch v. New York Central Railroad

This is an appeal from that part of a judgment under which plaintiffs failed to recover from the Chicago Junction Railway Company in their action against it and others for compensation for use and occupation of certain lands. Judgment for $29,000 was entered against the Junction Company’s lessee, the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company, for use and occupation for five years preceding commencement of the suit April 17, 1934. No recovery was had against other defendants whom this appeal does not affect.

Certain lands owned by plaintiffs or their predecessors were leased to the Union Stock…