Auchmuty v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This action was brought by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, a common carrier, and the City of Sheridan against Forrest L. Auchmuty and Laura Mae Auchmuty to remove a dam over and across a certain ditch running in and outside of the City of Sheridan.

It is alleged in what is called the first claim in the petition that the railroad company owns certain lands adjacent to the dam hereinbefore mentioned; that the defendants are the owners of the NWj4 of the NW14 of Sec. 23, T. 56 N, R. 84 W of the 6th P.M.; that the tract of land owned by the defendants lies north and east of the…