Kansas City So. Ry. Co. v. City of Ft. Smith

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s passenger station, freight depot, and allied facilities formerly occupied an area of three blocks, lying contiguously in a straight line, in the city of Fort Smith. In authorizing the original construction of the railroad terminal in 1911, the city adopted ordinances vacating the alleys in these three blocks and the two streets crossing this rectangular area. Floods destroyed the carrier’s branch line into Fort Smith in 1943, and the company discontinued regular passenger rail service into the city, substituting a shuttle bus service between the city…