Boyd v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

-Hellen Huntley, hereinafter called decedent, on October 10, 1910, made a homestead entry on the northeast half of the northeast quarter of section 28, township 21 north, range 17 west, Gr. & S. R. B. & M. Long prior to this time, and when they were unoccupied government lands, the predecessors in interest of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company, a corporation, hereinafter called appellee, had constructed what is known as its first, or west-bound main line of railroad across said premises, and thereby, under the provisions of the act of Congress of July 27, 1866 (14 Stat. 292,…