Legal Opinion

City of Lafayette v. Wabash Railroad

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 13, 1902No. 3,680PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From Carroll Circuit Court; T. F. Palmer, Judge. Action by the Wabash Railroad Company against the city of Lafayette to quiet title. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHenley, J.

This was an action by appellee against appellant commenced in the superior court of Tippecanoe county, in January, 1894. A change of venue was taken to the Carroll Circuit Court, where a trial was had before the judge of said court without the intervention of a jury, which resulted in a judgment in favor of appellee.

The complaint was in two paragraphs, in the first of which appellee claimed an easement, consisting of its right of way over a certain strip of ground therein described, situated in the city of Lafayette; and in the second paragraph of complaint appellee claimed to be the absolute…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McDonald v. McDonaldIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Richwine v. Presbyterian ChurchIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Weaver v. AppleIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Summers v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
  5. Smith v. State ex rel. HamillIndiana Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Jones v. LeedsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908
  2. Town of Cicero v. Lake Erie & Western RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Bousher v. AndrewsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. Gatrell v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1944

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