Jones v. Atlantic & Western Railroad

The defendant herein is a corporation, organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, and engaged in the operation of a railroad, as a common carrier, for the transportation of passengers and freight. Its railroad extends from the town of Sanford, in Lee County, to the town of Lillington, in Harnett County, a distance of twenty-five miles.

On'5 June, 1912, the defendant corporation, by deed of trust which has been duly recorded, conveyed to the Fidelity Trust Company, a Maryland corporation, the following described property:

“All the railroad of the Atlantic- and Western Railroad…