Southwestern Railroad v. Southern & Atlantic Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Constitutional law. Eminent domain. Compensation. Before Judge Cole. Bibb county. At Chambers, September 13th, 1872. The Southwestern Railroad Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company filed their bill against the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company, containing substantially the following allegations: That on November 16th, 1865, the Southwestern Railroad Company entered into a written contract with the American Telegraph Company, (which has since been…
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Injunction. Constitutional law. Eminent domain. Compensation. Before Judge Cole. Bibb county. At Chambers, September 13th, 1872. The Southwestern Railroad Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company filed their bill against the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company, containing substantially the following allegations: That on November 16th, 1865, the Southwestern Railroad Company entered into a written contract with the American Telegraph Company, (which has since been merged in the Western Union Telegraph* Company,) by which said railroad company granted unto said telegraph company the…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a bill filed by the Southwestern Railroad Company, and the Westez-n Union Telegraph Company, against the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company, praying for an injunction to restrain the latter company from erecting and constructing a line of telegraph on the right of way heretofoz-e granted by the General Assembly to the Southwestern Railroad Company, On hearing the application for the injunction, the Judge refused to gz-ant it, and the complainants excepted. The defendant is a foreign corporation, created and chartei-edby the laws of the State of New York,…
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