1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.W.2d
  4. 368 N.W.2d
  5. 368 N.W.2d 131 (1985)
 

McKINLEY v. WATERLOO R. CO.

No. 84-536.

368 N.W.2d 131 (1985)

Donald E. McKINLEY, Ollie M. McKinley, Edward D. McKinley, and Glenda M. McKinley, Appellants, v. WATERLOO RAILROAD COMPANY, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Iowa Rails To Trails, Inc., Linn County Conservation Board, and Old Interurban Trail, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Gallagher, Jr., and Robert C. Griffin of Gallagher, Langlas & Gallagher, P.C., Waterloo, for appellants.

David A. Elderkin of Elderkin, Pirnie, Von Lackum & Elderkin, Cedar Rapids, for appellee conservation board.

Richard C. Garberson of Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, for appellees Waterloo Railroad, Heritage Foundation, Rails to Trails, and Old Interurban Trail.

Considered en banc.

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

The issues in this appeal are primarily two-fold: whether land condemned for use as a railway returns to the adjacent farm when the railway ceases to be operated for a given period, and whether land conveyed to a railway by deed with a "reverter" clause returns to the adjacent farm when it ceases to be used for railway purposes.

The Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company (WCF &...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases