American Steel & Iron Co. v. Taft

The plaintiff has purchased from the State of Vermont, the owner of the West River Railroad, the rails, rail accessories and ties on the greater part of the length of the railroad, and seeks to enjoin the defendants, separate owners of lands through which the railroad passes, from interfering with the removal of such rails, accessories and ties. The bill alleges that some of the defendants have notified the plaintiff that they claim that the right of way and materials upon their lands belong to them, and that they have forbidden the plaintiff from entering upon the railroad right of way to…