Hornback v. Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad
Hornback v. Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad
Opinion of the Court
We think the plaintiff has clearly mistaken his remedy. He cannot recover back the land for violation of the stipulation in regard to fences. That stipulation cannot be regarded as a condition, precedent or subsequent, upon which the right to possess or enjoy the easement was to depend. It was a mere inter-proprietary regulation, to take effect when the right and ownership of both parties should become vested and complete. It was a continuing contract between adjoining proprietors. It bound the company, not only to put up the fence, and permit the connection, but also to keep the fence up, and to continue the permission. It would be doing great violence to the language of the parties to this contract, to hold that they intended that the land might be reclaimed after the completion of the road, apon every failure to keep up the fence or the connection.
The judgment is affirmed.
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