Kincaid v. Indianapolis Natural Gas Co.

The board of commissioners of Hamilton county granted the Indianapolis Natural Gas Company the right to lay pipes in a free gravel road constructed under the statute of this State at the expense of the land-owners. The appellant is an abutting owner in fee of land along the line of the highway. Prior to the time this suit was brought the company had constructed a system of gas-works, and had laid in the highway a line of pipes for the purpose of supplying the citizens of the city of Indianapolis and others with natural gas. In the prosecution of this work the company had expended many…