Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. McGehee

The appellee brought this suit to recover damages arising, as alleged, from the taking up and removing his farm crossing by appellant.- The second count, upon which appellee relies, avers that he was in possession of and cultivating in corn a certain tract of land, and had matured a large crop; that appellant owned and operated a railroad that passed through said farm, and it became and was its duty to construct and maintain a farm crossing so he might pass over the same and thereby reach different parts of his land; that appellant had constructed such cross- • ing, but its servants, in the…