Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. McBroom

In January, 1855, Eli Wood was the owner of the strip of land of which the appellee seeks to secure possession by ejecting the appellant. On that day Wood conveyed the land to the New Castle and Danville Railroad Company. This deed was not recorded until September 13th, 1872, and before that time, July 25th, 1859, Wood conveyed the tract of land through which the strip runs to the appellee. Work was done by cutting trees and the like on the strip of ground embraced in Wood’s deed to the railroad company as early, at least, as November, 1857. The appellant succeeded to the rights acquired by…