Cadiz Railroad v. Roach
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 105 — Action by C. J. Roach against Cadiz Railroad Company to Cancel a Writing Donating Land to Said Railroad Company. — Feb. 2r PPEAL FROM TRIGG CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals.
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Case 105 — Action by C. J. Roach against Cadiz Railroad Company to Cancel a Writing Donating Land to Said Railroad Company. — Feb. 2r PPEAL FROM TRIGG CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. It appears from the uncontroverted allegations of the answer to plaintiff’s petition that numerous citizens of Cadiz and vicinity organized a company known as the Cadiz Railroad Company for the construction of a line of railway from Cadiz, Ky., to Gracey, by private subscription, and that appellee, with others, donated the right of way, to the company over their lands to aid in this…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op thf. court by
JUDGE SETTLE
— Reversing.
The appellant railroad company undertook to construct and operate a railroad between Cadiz and Gra.cey, in Trigg county, Ky., for which purpose it received subscriptions in money and donations of right of way over the lands of divers citizens of that county. The appellee, C. J. Roach,, gave such right of way over his land, evidenced by the following writing, signed by him,and one L. A. Miller, who had likewise given appellant the right of way over his land: “Office of Cadiz Railroad Company. Cadiz, Ky., Feb’y. 21st, 1901. I hereby donate to the…
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- Stovall v. McCutchenCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1900
- Twin Creek & Colemansville Turnpike Road Co. v. LancasterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1881
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