Macon Railway & Light Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Bibb superior court — Judge Malcolm D. Jones. March 25, 1921. Application for certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
The Southern Railway Company brought suit upon a certain account against the Macon Railway & Light Company. The defendant filed an answer denying liability. When the ease came on for trial, counsel for both parties agreed to submit it to the trial judge without the intervention of a jury. The evidence adduced upon the trial is voluminous, but the controlling facts culled therefrom are in substance as follows: In 1881 the City of Macon, by a grant and ordinance duly adopted, conveyed to the plaintiff’s predecessor in title, its successors and assigns, “ a *340perpetual right of way.” The ordinance…
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