Show V V LOSE t t F. C cz V I 1 I Kansas Supreme Court Decision Decision Decision ion Gives Railroad Much Valuable Land Topeka Kan Nov O 10 As 10 As a re result result re- re sult suIt of oC a decision b by the he Kansas Supreme Su SlI- Su- Su promo preme court today loday hundreds of people pee peo pie pIc are nrc deprived o of property properly that has hus hasIn hasIn husIn In man many cases been heen In their possession for a generation and at the i same tIme lime the lI l wurl Kan Kansas as Texas railroad railroad rail rail- road gains absolute title to thousands of acres of the most valuable land In Kansas a large amount of which I is located in towns and cities The case upon which the decision was ic ic- turned Is known mown as The Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad y ySO vs S Walson Wat Wal- SO son In July 1 congress s granted to tho the Union Railroad com company pan southwestern branch blanch now the MISsouri Missouri Mis MIS- V Kansas Texas J Railway com coin pany a a. right ht of wa way two hundred feet wl wide c from Fort Hiley to the south line lino of or the state slate Afterwards patents were issued Issue to private pers persons nl for Cor land throughout which th the railroad runs without excepting the right of oC way These persons have treated the tho right of or way as a. being only on one hundred feet reel i wide wille an and In man many cases case valuable Improvements Im Im- un- un I have been made malIc on the outer IUt lifty feet on each cach side which have hav been occupied and used usell without disturbance for fOl mall many years The railroad railroad rail rail- roa road company compan brought suit sull to lo oust these e occupants and antI the court decided in iii its favor ol The TIme land lan affected by the decision lies In Geary GeaLy Morris l L Lyon on Woodson Wood Wood- son Allen Neosho and Labette count coun- coun t lles i Cs The Tho right of way say wa wa-s granted to the railroad with the express 8 provision pro that all nil troops and munitions of or war should bo bl carried free ec forever r |