City of Cleveland v. Cleveland, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Ohio
This was an action of ejectment by the city of Cleveland against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, the Lake Shore- & Michigan Southern Railway Company, the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania Company, to recover possession of ground claimed as a street, and accretions thereto, which was occupied by defendants, with their terminal build-ings and tracks.
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This was an action of ejectment by the city of Cleveland against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, the Lake Shore- & Michigan Southern Railway Company, the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and the Pennsylvania Company, to recover possession of ground claimed as a street, and accretions thereto, which was occupied by defendants, with their terminal build-ings and tracks. The action was tried to a jury, and at the conclu-sion of the trial the court charged the jury in favor of the defend-ants, and also filed an opinion upon the legal issues involved.
1Opinion of the Court
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CHARGE ........................................................... Page 114
STATEMENT OF FACTS............................................ 115 OPINION-Ejectment...................................................•----117
Dedication ............................................
120 Abandonment ....................................................
122 Estoppel ........................................................
123 Statute of
Limitations............................................ 131 Contract ...................,......................................133
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