Abercrombie v. Simmons
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Mitchell district court; Richard M. Pickler, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J.:
This was an action of ejectment to recover a.strip of land 100 feet wide that had been obtained from Joseph Simmons by the Chicago, Kansas & Western Railroad Company, and subsequently *539sold by the railroad company to John H. Abercrombie. In 1887 the railroad company surveyed and staked out a route for a railroad through- Mitchell county, and on July 13 of that year, when about to begin construction of the railroad over the land owned by Joseph Simmons, it purchased from him the strip of land that is the subject of this action. The…
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