Valdosta, Moultrie & Western Railroad v. Adel Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Thomas. Berrien supe- • rior court. January 9, 1911. The Adel Lumber Company, being a private corporation, was engaged in operating a sawmill at Adel, Georgia, on the line of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company. The lumber which' it manufactured was for shipment over the railroad of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company, for distribution to the general lumber trade.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Thomas. Berrien supe- • rior court. January 9, 1911. The Adel Lumber Company, being a private corporation, was engaged in operating a sawmill at Adel, Georgia, on the line of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company. The lumber which' it manufactured was for shipment over the railroad of the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company, for distribution to the general lumber trade. In order to,conduct its business it had acquired large timber holdings extending to a remote distance from the mill, and in order to bring the timber from the forests to…
1Opinion of the Court
'Atkinson, J.
Civil Code (1910), § 804, which provides that “Any person, or corporation, desiring to build or construct any tramways to connect with any waterway or railway, in this State, for the purpose of transporting lumber, naval stores, and timber by means of the same,” may condemn a right of way for such tramway, “setting out the length of such way, together with the place of starting and the terminus of the same,” only applies to instances where such" tramways are necessary to connect with a railway, or waterway, for the purpose of transporting the articles mentioned by means thereof,…
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