Ohio River Railroad v. Johnson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wood County. Bill by the Ohio River Railroad Company against William Johnson, Jr. Decree for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
An appeal from the circuit court of Wood County, taken by Wm. Johnson, Jr., to a decree rendered on the 27th day of April, 1899, in a chancery suit wherein appellant was defendant and the Ohio River Railroad Company was plaintiff.
In its bill and amended bill the plaintiff alleges that in April, 1882, its right of way for a railroad was obtained from the defendant, through his farm, fifty feet wide, with necessary ground for cuts and fills, according to the original line of such road as surveyed by engineer Wharton. The grant was reduced to writing, signed and acknowledged by the…
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