Askew v. Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co.

This is a suit to recover two acres of land in the town of Tallulah. The land was described in a grant of a railroad right of way and depot site, by Mrs. Sarah Fatheree to the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad Company, on the 30th day of April. 1855. The plaintiffs are the heirs of Mrs. Sarah Fatheree, who died more than seventy years ago. The defendant is the successor in title of the railroad company, grantee.

The plaintiffs contend that the grant did not convey the two acres of land, but conveyed only a servitude, to use the land for a depot site, and that, as the grantee or its…