Harris v. Roberts

This is an action to recover from the defendant the value of eighteen lots conveyed by the plaintiff to the Lincoln and Northwestern Railway for depot grounds in Seward. A demurrer to the petition was sustained in the court below and the action dismissed. The following is a •copy of the petition:

“ Said plaintiff, James H. Harris, complains of John Roberts, defendant, and alleges that on the 10th day of •July, 1879, the Lincoln and Northwestern Railway company, a corporation doing business under the laws of the .state of Nebraska, was constructing a line of railway from Lincoln in said state…