Cleveland Co-Op. Stove Co. v. Cleveland & P. Ry.

This is an action by the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Ry. against the Cleveland Co-Op. Stove Co., to recover the possession of a ten foot strip of land abutting upon and parallelling its right-of-way on the westerly side thereof at or near its intersection with Central avenue, in this city.

In 1852 the railroad company owned a tract of land, including the strip in dispute, consisting of 8.78 acres. On February 23, 1852, it conveyed the entire tract to William V. Craw, save and except a forty foot strip on the easterly side thereof, which it reserved as a right-of-way.

The tract so conveyed remained…