Gammage v. Georgia Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Injunction. Railroads. Constitutional Law. Eminent Domain. Before Judge UNDERWOOD. Floyd County. At Chambers. April 9th, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hawkins, Justice.
Davis Gammage and John H. Sheibley brought their' bill in equity in the superior court of Floyd county against *615the Georgia Southern Railroad Company, in which they allege the following tacts :
On August 26th, 1869, Davis Gammage owned and possessed a farm near the city of Rome, in said county. On that day the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad Company obtained from the clerk of the superior court of said county, under its charter, a writ of ad quod damnum, directed to the sheriff, requiring him to summon a jury to assess the compensation which the railroad company should pay said…
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