Mayor of Atlanta v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Demurrer. Municipal corporations. Constitutional law. Eminent domain. State. Before Judge Hopkins. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1873. For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This is a bill filed by tbe complainants against the defendant, praying for an injunction toirestrain it from opening a street across a certain described strip or plat of land in the city of Atlanta. The complainants allege that a portion of the land over which the street is to be opened is tbe property f the state, purchased by her from the Macon and Western *121Railroad Company, for the purpose of giving room for her car-shops and other, new and substantial buildings, and for the purpose of carrying on the other business of her Western and Atlantic Railroad, of which the…
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