Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. Wooster
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1920No. 20967PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from the district court for Merrick county: George H. Thomas, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtAldrich, J.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company commenced this action in the district court for Merrick county to recover certain parts of its railroad right of way. The land in controversy constitutes portions of the outer margin of the right of way on the north and south sides of the track where the right of way crosses defendants’ quarter section of land. The court below rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff and defendants appeal.
Defendants claim title by virtue of adverse possession and abandonment as provided in the Norris act of June 24,1912, 37 U. S. St. at Large, ch. 181, p. 138.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Conabeer v. . N.Y. Central H.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1898
- Gurney v. Minneapolis Union Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Townsend v. Michigan Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1900
- McLucas v. St. Joseph & Grand Island Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Edholm v. Missouri Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1926
- Etheredge v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1921