Piedmont Cotton Mills v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. September 21, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The Georgia Bailway and Electric Company, the main defendant in this case, was incorporated as a street and sub*131urban railroad. After obtaining its original charter, it sought and obtained from the secretary of State an amendment thereto, purporting to give it the right to run a branch line from Bast Point to Hapeville through the property of the plaintiff and others. It attempted to. condemn the property of the plaintiff, which filed an equitable petition to enjoin the defendants from condemning, and the defendant Georgia Eailway and Electric Company from taking, a right of way through the…
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