State v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Hart. Putnam county. September 18, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This suit was brought in Putnam superior court by and in the name of the State of Georgia against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, the Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railway Company, and the Eatonton Branch Railroad. It was founded upon an executive order which was issued in the early part of the year 1899, upon a petition filed by, certain citizens of Putnam county with the Governor; the main purpose of the *719petition being to procure an executive order directing the attorney-general to institute suit in the name of the State to set aside a certain contract of sale under which the two…
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