East Alabama Railway Co. v. Doe Ex Dem. Visscher
Supreme Court of the United States
IN EEEOE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED: STATES EOE THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. This was an action of ejectment. The facts which»make the case are stated in the opinion- of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchfokd
court.
In November, 1880, the defendants in error brought an action of ejectment, in thé Circuit Court of Chambers County, Alabama, against the East Alabama Railway Company, to recover premises described in the complaint as follows: “A certain tract or parcel of land, being the railroad bed of the railroad formerly known and called the East Alabama and Cincinnati Railroad, from Lafayette to'the county line of Lee County, together with all the land contiguous to said roád-bed, on each side thereof, to .the distance of T5 feet from the centre thereof, said railroad being now known and called as…
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