Tompkins v. Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Edgefield, November, 1889. Action by Stephen S. Tompkins and others against the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad Company and the Port Royal Railroad Company, for the recovery of real property. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice MoIver.
The plaintiffs, by their complaint, allege that they were seized and possessed of certain' lands described in the complaint during the year 1870, and for many years prior thereto; that the Augusta & Knoxville Railroad Company, a duly chartered corporation, on or about the 15th of November, 1881, “entered into and upon said premises, and unlawfully, and against the consent of said plaintiffs, took possession thereof for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad upon and over” said lands : “.that the said Augusta & Knoxville…
2Cited by1 opinion
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