Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Georgia

This is a suit by the State of Georgia and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway for a decree enjoining the Western Union Telegraph Company from occupying or using any part of the right of way of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a road built and owned by the State and let by it to the Railway company that joins with it as a plaintiff in this suit. The Telegraph' Company claims a perpetual right of way over the State owned road by virtue of three alleged contracts. The trial Court decided that the Telegraph Company had no right in the premises, ordered it to remove its wires,…