Dotson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Harvey district court; Peter J. Galle, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J.:
This was an action of ejectment, brought by W. S. Dotson against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company to recover a narrow *817strip of land from the side of lot 7, being a part of block 47, in the city of Newton, on which the railway company had built a spur, of its railway system. The spur was built by the railway company in 1871, when it owned the land upon which the railroad was built, including lot 7. Afterward, in August, 1871, this and other lands were conveyed by the railway company, without reservation, to the Newton Town…
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