Sheridan v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

— The plaintiff’s petition contains two counts. In the first count it is alleged that the plaintiff Margaret Sheridan is now, and has been since January, 1887, the owner of a farm in Knox county, and that a railroad which the defendant now owns and operates is located thereon, cutting off twenty-four acres of land from the remainder of the farm.

For a cause of action against the defendant it was averred that at the time the railroad was constructed, to-wit, in January, 1887, the plaintiff Margaret Sheridan, and Martin Sheridan, her husband, executed and delivered to the Chicago, Santa Fe and…