Legal Opinion
Georgia Power Co. v. City of Rome
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 9, 1931No. Nos. 7630, 7660PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGraham, J.
By an act of the General Assembly of the State in 1884 (Acts 1884-5, p. 191), as amended by an act in 1885 (Acts 1884-5, p. 235), the Borne Street Railroad Company was incorporated and authorized to do a street-railroad business in the City of Rome, and to extend its lines through the towns of East Rome, South Rome, Forestville, and De Soto, and as much as five miles beyond the City of Rome on any public road leading into the city. The charters of said towns have since been repealed, and the territory thereof incorporated within Rome. This company, by an ordinance of the City of Rome adopted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Green County v. ConnessSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Brown v. WilcoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Tompkins v. Augusta Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Montgomery & West Point Railroad v. BoringSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Georgia Power Co. v. City of DecaturSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Kinney v. CrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Faulkner v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Hapeville-Block Inc. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Robertson v. CoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
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