Smith v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.

Epperson, C.

The plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land situate on tlie south bank of tlie Nemaha river. The course of the river for the distance which we need to consider may be stated as follows: From the northeast corner of the plaintiff’s land tlie river flows in a northeasterly direction for about half a mile, thence south for a distance of nearly one mile, thence in a northeasterly course to and beyond a bridge of the defendant railroad company across the river, known as bridge 67. This bridge is about two miles east of the plaintiff’s land. The defendant’s railroad approaches the…