Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. Ayres

Appellant obtained permission from the authorities of the town of Lake for the purpose of constructing its railroad in a public road or street of the town, which was sixty-six feet in width. It was designated as Wallace street. Appellee owned a tract of ground, originally ten acres, but by sales reduced in quantity to about seven and one-half acres. It fronted upon, and was bounded by, Forty-ninth street on the north, and Wallace street on the east, and the road ran in front of this property for a distance of three hundred and forty-two feet, and then deflected on other lands. Wallace street,…