1.”Whether the United States Court of Federal Claims (CFC) erred when it refused to certify a question of Indiana property law to the Indiana Supreme Court.”
2. “Whether the CFC erred when it held that, as a matter of Indiana law, right-of- way and damage-release forms landowners signed in the 1840s and 1850s granted the railroad title to the fee simple estate in the strip of land used for a railway line.”
“We conclude that, under Indiana law, the Releases here conveyed fee simple titles.”
“We have considered Appellants’ remaining arguments and find them unpersuasive. For the above reasons, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Federal Claims.”
