Harrison v. Lexington & Frankfort Railroad

The relinquishment of the right of way by Taylor to> the Lexington and Ohio Railroad Company, in 1836, was not made on account of particular favor to the individuals composing that company, nor to the company' itself in any aspect, but evidently for the sake of having the road made, and of facilitating this object.

The condition or provision annexed to the relinquishment, that “if said road should hereafter be abandoned, said ground to be reverted to me or my heirs again,” was in fact no more than the law implied, without any express condition or stipulation on the subject; and it does not…