Legal Opinion

King v. Southern Ry. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Decided June 5, 1902No. 1PublishedCited by 3 opinions

On Motion to Remand to State-Court.

1Opinion of the Court

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This motion to remand raises the question of the value of the property in dispute. It is a suit by the plaintiffs against the defendant to recover a piece of land at Cornelia, Ga. On the land in controversy is located the defendant’s depot at that point, and it is the junction also of the defendant’s road with the Tallulah Falls Railway. The matter has been heard on affidavits presented by the respective parties. The plaintiffs’ affidavits show the land to be worth much, less than $2,000. The defendant’s affidavits show that the land to it is worth largely more than…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
  2. Smith v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. South Dakota Cent. Ry. Co. v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
  2. Meeks v. Adams Louisiana Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1942
  3. New Jersey Federation of Young Men's & Young Women's Hebrew Ass'ns v. HoffmanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1938

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