Hickory v. . R. R.

In 1859 the Western North Carolina Railroad Company constructed and erected its line of railway and depot on the land where the city of Hickory now stands, and began to operate its engines and cars, transporting freight and passengers thereon, and it and its successors have been in the continuous use and enjoyment of said railway and depot ever since.

At the time said line of railway was constructed and said depot erected there was no town where the city of Hickory now stands, there being at the time only three houses within the entire boundary of the present city of Hickory.

On 26 May, 1859,…