Parker v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad

This bill is filed to enjoin defendant, the railroad company, from occupying, holding, and controlling a right of way for a branch road being constructed over complainant's land by said company, “until compensation is made both for the land occupied, as well as incidental damages have been paid or secured, and until appropriate steps are taken to condemn and appropriate said land in a lawful manner.”

The chancellor overruled a demurrer, presenting numerous grounds of objection to the bill, from which he allowed an appeal to .this court by the defendant. The Referees recommend the affirmance of…