Mammoth Cave National Park Ass'n v. State Highway Commission

Opinion of the Court by

Creal, Commissioner

Affirming.

During the years 1885 and 1886, the Mammoth Cave Railroad Company, hereinafter referred to as the railroad company, acquired deeds from various landowners for a right of way 50 feet in width running from the main line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at Glasgow Junction to Mammoth Cave, a distance of something over 2 miles. Immediately thereafter, a railroad .was constructed on this right of way and was continuously operated until about June, 1931. In March, 1931, the Mammoth Cave National Park Association, hereinafter called…