Bartlow v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

The appellees filed a bill for the partition of eighty acres of land in Madison county across which the appellant has for many years maintained a railroad track. The appellant was made a defendant to the bill under the allegation that it claimed an interest in the land, though it had none in fact. It answered, setting up its claim to a right of way across the premises, and the cause went to a decree, in which it was adjudged that appellant had no title or claim to a right of way, it was barred from setting up or asserting any right, title, claim or interest in said land, and was given such…