Anderson v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

Citations

• 71 Kan. 453
• 80 P. 946
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 162

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Railroads — Injury to Street — Limitation of Action. In an action against a railroad company for permanently appropriating a street in front of plaintiff’s lots by laying its track therein, stopping his ingress and egress, damages were claimed as for a gMasi-eondemnation of the property by the wrongful use of the street. After the action had been pending for more than ten years plaintiff, by amendment, sought to bring in another railway company as defendant, charging it with conspiring with the first to appropriate the street. Held, that any recovery against the new defendant was barred by the statute of limitations.</p>