Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Soltweddle

Soltweddle sued the railway company in ejectment to recover possession of real estate, and also to recover damages for injuries occasioned by the construction and operation of the company’s railroad over the plaintiff’s land. The action was commenced on the 27th day of March, 1885, and such proceedings were had as that, on the 25th day of May, 1885, judgment was rendered in the Lake Circuit Court in favor of the plaintiff. The court made an order directing that a writ issue to the sheriff of Lake county, commanding him to put the railway company out, and put the plaintiff into possession of…