Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. State ex rel. Greenwood
Indiana Supreme Court
From Daviess Circuit Court; H. Q. Houghton, Judge. Mandamus by State on the relation of Jobn W. Greenwood, trustee of Washington township, Daviess county, against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company, to compel the latter to construct a highway crossing. From a judgment awarding the writ, respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
The State on the relation of John W. Greenwood, trustee of Washington township, Daviess county, Indiana, prosecuted this action in the lower court tc secure a writ of mandamus to compel appellant to put a certain described public highway at a point where it crosses the right of way of appellant’s railroad in a condition so as to enable the public safely to use the same at the said crossing without interference. A trial upon the issues joined resulted in appellee being awarded a peremptory writ of mandamus commanding appellant to make and put the said highway at the said crossing of…
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