M'Intire v. State

This was a claim for damages, by MLntire against the state', for land 'and materials taken from him, for the purpose of constructing the Madison and Lafayette railroad, under the internal improvement act, passed January the 27th, 1836. The matter was acted upon by appraisers appointed by the board of internal improvement, and taken, by appeal from their decision, into the .Circuit Court.

It was proved on the trial, that a part of the Madison arid Lafayette railroad had been located over the land of the complainant, about eight acres of which it had rendered use-, less to him; and that a large…