Cartin v. South Bound Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Benet, J., Lexington, September, 1894. Action by Jane A. O. Cartin against the South Bound Railroad Company, commenced in August, 1894.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Gary.
The plaintiff executed to the defendant a deed by which she conveyed to said defendant a right of way three hundred feet wide over her lands, “for the purpose of building a railroad over the same. Such right of way to be over said lands in such shape and direction as the said railroad company, its successors or assigns, may select, but so as not to interfere with my dwelling, barn or any other outbuilding, and not nearer than four hundred yards to my dwelling. But if said railroad company should find it necessary to run its road nearer…
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