Legal Opinion

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Wynkoop

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided May 12, 1906No. 14,524PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error from Atchison district court; Benjamin F. Hudson, judge.

1Opinion of the Court

*591The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was a suit to enjoin the closing of an undergrade farm-crossing of a railroad. In 1886 the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company laid out a railroad and condemned a right of way across the farm of David Wynkoop. The route selected was between the buildings on the Wynkoop farm and the public highway. In a depression which extended from the buildings to the public highway a private roadway had been built for the accommodation of the owner and occupants of the farm. The railroad was laid out and built across this depression, and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Massie v. WattsSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
  2. Alexander v. Tolleston ClubIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Powell v. CheshireSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  4. McArthur & Griffin v. Matthewson & ButlerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
  5. Close v. WheatonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1902

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Continental Gin Co. v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Randall v. RossSupreme Court of Kansas · 1915
  3. Raynolds v. RowSupreme Court of Kansas · 1959
  4. Smith v. MillerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1938
  5. Wuester v. Topeka & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1911

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