Bradley v. Lithonia & Arabia Mountain Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Reid. DeKalb superior •court. March 14, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
In January, 1914, John Bradley instituted a suit in the superior court of DeKalb county, returnable to the term which convened on the first Monday in March, against the Lithonia & Arabia Mountain Railroad Company, a corporation,- for injunction, to prevent the defendant, under the exercise of eminent domain,- from condemning *742described land for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad. One ground relied on for injunction was that the proposed use of the land was not for a public purpose, but solely to enable the defendant to build a spur-track from its main line of railroad out to…
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