Legal Opinion

Georgia Pacific Railway v. Mayor of Douglasville

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 27, 1885PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Municipal Corporations. Practice in Superior Court. Injunction. Roads and Bridges. Before Judge Harris. Douglas County. At Chambers. May 23,1885. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Chief Justice.

After the completion of a bridge over the track of the Georgia Pacific Railway Company, it filed a bill against the town of Douglasville to restrain its being used and have it remodeled and rebuilt as to hight and certain timbers, alleged to be dangerous, as in the way of officers of the company in signalling each other, removed, etc.

1. We say after the completion of the bridge, because such is the sworn answer or affidavit of the officers of the town and of the contractors to build the bridge. Therefore, in respect to any order to desist from completing the bridge, the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Thomas v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Goodrich v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Simmons v. LindsaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  3. Sandt v. MasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  4. Campbell v. DealSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. Faulkner v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1978

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