KANSAS CITY N.W.R.R. CO. v. ZIMMERMAN

No. 231.

210 U.S. 336 (1908)

KANSAS CITY NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. ZIMMERMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Balie Peyton Waggener for appellant.

Mr. John H. Atwood and Mr. W.W. Hooper for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity to enjoin the appellant, hereafter called the defendant, from operating its railroad over certain land in Leavenworth, formerly belonging to the plaintiff's intestate, until a judgment against the defendant's predecessor in title for the damages caused by the appropriation of the land should be paid. It appears from the bill, among other things, that the defendant's predecessor appropriated...

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