Legal Opinion

Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad v. Woodward

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 12, 1887No. 12,902PublishedCited by 6 opinions

From the Allen Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

Conceding that the complaint stated facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, we have concluded, *119after an attentive consideration of the evidence in the record, that the judgment of the circuit court is not sustained by the proof.

The case made is, briefly, as follows: The plaintiff was in the habit of pasturing his horses on a narrow strip or tract containing about four acres of land, lying lengthwise along the appellant railway company’s right of way, in Wells county. This strip of ground was securely fenced all round, except that there was no fence between it and the company’s right…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Welty v. Indianapolis & Vincennes RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Bond v. Evansville & Terre Haute RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. GoodbarIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. CahillIndiana Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. MosierIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Michigan Central Railroad v. FarrellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
  3. Dickey v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Lake Erie & Western Railway Co. v. VolivaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. McDonald v. Great Northern Railway Co.Idaho Supreme Court · 1896

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