EAST ALABAMA RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOE


114 U.S. 340 (1885)

EAST ALABAMA RAILWAY COMPANY v. DOE ex dem. VISSCHER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Patterson and Mr. H.C. Semple for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John T. Morgan and Mr. Samuel F. Rice for defendants in error.


MR. Justice BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

In November, 1880, the defendants in error brought an action of ejectment, in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, Alabama, against the East Alabama Railway Company, to recover premises described in the complaint as follows: "A certain tract or parcel of land, being the railroad bed of the railroad formerly known and called the East Alabama and Cincinnati Railroad, from Lafayette to the county line of Lee...

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