Barney v. Indiana Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From St. Joseph. Circuit Court; Lucius Hubbard, Judge. Action by Samuel E. Barney against the Indiana R. Co. and others on contract. From a judgment for defendants on demurrer to complaint, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, C. J.
It appears from the record that appellant owned a tract of land near tire city of Elkhart, Indiana, known as “Barney’s driving park” which was fitted up and maintained by him as a driving and racing park at an expense of $15,000; that on and prior to August 25, 1895, the Indiana Electric Railway Company owned and was operating a street railway in said city, and that the said driving *229park was about three-eighths of a mile distant from the said railway’s track on Main street in said city; that in order to obtain an extension of said railway track north along Main street to said park appellant…
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