Cummins v. Smith

This action was instituted by the plaintiffs in error, hereafter referred to as plaintiffs, against the defendants in error, hereafter referred to as 'defendants, to recover possession of a atrip of land which had been vacated by the Midland Valley Railway Company as a right of way and for $250 as damages for the unlawful detention of said land. Defendants in their answer conceded title to plaintiffs to one-half of the land in controversy and asserted title in themselves to the other one-half, and by counterclaim sought damages in. the sum of $500 for destruction of crops through the alleged…