St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Dillard

Suit in ejectment to recover the major portion of a small triangular tract of land in the town of Wardell, Pemiscot County, claimed by plaintiff to be part of its right-of-way and depot grounds. The railroad runs nearly north and south through this town and its general right-of-way is 100 feet wide, and this tract adjoins and is an enlargement of the right-of-way on the east. The tract in question is 45 feet wide at the south and comes to a point 225 feet further north. The railroad runs at an angle eastward and this tract is between the standard right-of-way line and Railroad Street running…