Cairo, Truman & Southern Railroad v. Arkansas Short Line

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court fixing the compensation to he paid by the appellee, Arkansas Short Line, to the appellant, Cairo, Truman & Southern Railroad Company, for a railroad crossing over its right-of-way. It appears from the record that both appellant and appellee are railroad corporations duly organized to construct railroads between points within the State of Arkansas.

Article 17-, § 1, of our Constitution provides that every railroad company shall have the right with its road to intersect, connect with or cross any other road. In pursuance of the provision of…