Western Union Telegraph Co. v. State

1. The State of Georgia in its sovereign capacity is the owner of the Western and Atlantic Railroad arid the right of way upon which it is constructed.

2. Section 6 of the act of 1852 (Acts 1852, p. 193), the caption of which *410is “ an act to incorporate the Augusta, Atlanta,- and Nashville Magnetic Telegraph Company,” is void, because it violates the clause of the constitution of 1798 which provides: “nor shall any law or ordinance pass, containing matter different from what is expressed in the title thereof.”

Nos. 3515, 3521. September 14, 1923. Rehearing denied September 29, 1923. W. L. Glay,'…