Mayor of Jonesboro v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.

The Central of Georgia Railway Company, a common carrier, sought to enjoin the plaintiff in error from enforcing one of its municipal ordinances, and from- trying the company and its employees for violations thereof, in its petition making substantially the following allegations: It operated a suburban train between Jonesboro and Atlanta and stored it at night and on Sundays at Jonesboro on a side-track built for this purpose, north of the depot, about six years prior to the filing of the ’ petition, which side-track was of no practical use to the company for any other purpose.. Because of…