Morgan v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Lake Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
The complaint alleges that the appellants *102are the owners of the land therein described; that they derive title through the act of Congress commonly .called the “ Swamp Land Act/’ and through conveyances made by the State and by other owners; that the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroa’d Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Indiana, approved February 6th, 1835; that section 1 of the act provides that “ the corporation shall have power to examine, survey, mark and locate the route of said railroad for a single 'or double track with full power to diverge from a direct line…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bayless v. GlennIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Mescall v. TullyIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
- Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. AllenIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- First National Bank v. RootIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Reynolds v. CopelandIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Dotson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- Johnson v. HarrisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
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