Legal Opinion
Cornell v. St. Louis, Kansas & Arizona Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided January 15, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error from Anderson District Court. ’ At the September Term, 1880, of the district' court, the Railway Company, as defendant, recovered a judgment for costs against the plaintiffs, S. P. Cornell and E. J. Cornell, who bring the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action by plaintiffs to recover of defendant damages alleged to have been sustained by plain*614tiffs by reason of the construction of defendant’s railroad over plaintiffs’ land. The defendant pleaded the following written contract:
“Relinquishment of Right of Way.— Permission is hereby given the St. Louis, Kansas & Arizona railway company to enter upon and construct its railway over, upon and across the following: South half of section 30, and the northeast quarter of section 36, township 21, and ranges 17 and 18, Anderson county;…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Drake v. DodsworthSupreme Court of Kansas · 1867
3Cited by4 opinions
- Milich v. Armour Packing Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1899
- Wickham v. GrantSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- Mattison v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
- Moore v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kansas · 1898