Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Sumner District.Court. Action by Davidson against the Railroad Company and another for obstructing a street. Judgment for the plaintiff at the January term, 1890. The defendant companies bring the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
*7411- rightsinaa-2‘sííuctedbV railroad— abutter310 *740On the 10th day of May, 1887, the council of the city of Wellington attempted by ordinance to discontinue and vacate First street, between A and F streets of that city, for the purpose of granting the right-of-way to two railroad companies, the defendants below. (Showalter v. S. K. Rly. Co., 49 Kas. 421.) Soon afterward, the railroad companies, in pursuance of the ordinance, built upon First street an embankment or roadbed, and occupied the street, or portions thereof, with tracks and…
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