Chicago Great Western Railway Co. v. Iowa Central Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. J. M. Parker, Judge. ' 1 These two actions involve the same subject-matter, and are submitted on the same briefs and arguments. They will be disposed of in one opinion.
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Appeal from Marshall District Court. — Hon. J. M. Parker, Judge. ' 1 These two actions involve the same subject-matter, and are submitted on the same briefs and arguments. They will be disposed of in one opinion. The first is a suit to enjoin the Iowa Central Railway Company from tearing up and relaying a railway track in the yards of that company at Marshalltown, and to restrain it from in any way interfering with plaintiff in the use, occupation, and enjoyment of a strip of ground and track in said yards or in relaying or restoring said track. The second is an action brought by the Iowa…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
In the disposition of the ease we shall call the appellant the Chicago Company, and the appellee the Iowa Company.
On the 26th day of March, 1898, these two companies entered into an agreement in writing, from which we extract the following:
First. The Iowa Company hereby grants to the Chicago Company the right to locate and construct and thereafter to maintain and operate single track of standard gauge upon and across the land of the Iowa Company in the city of Marshalltown, Iowa, from the easterly line of Third Street in an easterly and southeasterly direction across Glide’s and Willigord’s…
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