Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hadley
Indiana Supreme Court
From Putnam Circuit Court; John M. Rawley, Judge. Action by Hannah Hadley and others against The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 19Q1 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This was an action by appellees to recover damages for a trespass upon their lands alleged to have been committed by appellant in lowering the grade of its tracks on an established right of way across those lands and in doing other reconstruction work on its railroad. There was a trial by jury which returned a general verdict for appellees for $1,000. With the general verdict the jury also found the existence of certain material facts by their answers to interrogatories which had been submitted to them by the court. Prom a judgment on the general verdict this appeal is brought.
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