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12 Ind. 561

Vaughn v. Dayton

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-06-23

<p>APPEAL from the Lagrcmge Court of Common Pleas.</p>

Decided 1859-06-23

Per Curiam.

¶1Action by the appellee against the appellant, to recover damages for an alleged obstruction of a public street or highway. The pleadings put in issue the existence of the alleged street.

¶2Trial by jury; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

¶3The title of a railroad company to run her road over land, as also the easement of a public highway, have been held such a title to real estate as could not be tried in the Common Pleas, for want of jurisdiction. The President, &c., of the Cincinnati, &c., Railroad Co. v. Sipe, 11 Ind. R. 67.— Timmons v. Switzer, id. 363.

¶4This case falls within those cited, on the authority of which the judgment must be reversed.

¶5The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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