Illinois Central Railroad v. Roberts

OPINION

MILLER, Judge:

Illinois Central Railroad Company, fik/a Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (hereinafter referred to as “Illinois Central”), brings this appeal from a December 5, 1988, judgment entered upon interrogatories to the jury in Hickman Circuit Court. We reverse and remand.

Sometime in the nineteenth century, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company laid a railroad line through Hickman County, Kentucky. The road subsequently came into the hands of Illinois Central. 1 In 1979 Illinois Central formally abandoned “operation” of the road. The rails and ties were removed, and thereafter…