City of Seymour v. Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad

— The appellees allege in their complaint that the Jeffersonville and Madison Railroad Company is the owner in fee of a-strip of ground sixty feet in width; that title was acquired in fee under the provisions of the charter and by grant from a former owner; that the land was acquired for the purpose of constructing and operating thereon a railroad, and that for many years a track has been maintained thereon as part of a continuous railroad extending from the town of Edinburgh to the city of Jeffersonville. It is also alleged that the city authorities have instituted proceedings to appropriate…