Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Co. v. City of Connersville
Indiana Supreme Court
From Henry Circuit Court; John M. Morris, Judge. , Action by the City of Connersville against the Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Eailway Company. From the judgment rendered, defendant appeals. (Appealed to United States Supreme Court.)
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
In 1869 appellant’s grantor constructed a railroad from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, by way of Connersville. In passing the city of Connersville, the railroad track for some distance was on an embankment fifteen feet high, sixty-six feet wide at the bottom and sixteen feet wide at the top. When built this part of the road was outside of the city limits, and all the population resided south of the railroad. Now the territory crossed by the embankment is within the city limits, and about one-half of the city’s population reside north and the other half south of the railroad. The railroad runs…
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