Indianapolis & Cumberland Gravel Road Co. v. Belt Railway Co.

At the request of the parties, the jury returned a special verdict. We take from appellee’s brief the following summary of the facts found and set out in the special verdict, viz.:

“ The road now owned by the appellant was originally constructed by the United States government, and by it granted to the State of Indiana.

“ The appellant corporation, in 1864, was organized under the general plank and gravel road law of the State.

“ The said road, then belonging to the State, was granted to appellant by the board of commissioners of Marion .county, and it has ever since occupied, possessed, and…