Garnett v. Jacksonville, St. Augustine & Halifax River Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for St. Johns county. The facts of the case are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Westcott
The bill in this case was filed by the appellants, Garnett and wife, setting up that the present terminus of the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Halifax River Railway Company was at the head of the shell-road leading north of the gates of St. Augustine and about the line of the city limits; that said company is building their road into the city limits and intend to lay the said railroad on the side of a street next to the property of plaintiff, Mary J. Garnett; and that they propose to operate their road with steam locomotives; that “ she is the owner and seised in fee simple of .a large…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Thebaut v. CanovaSupreme Court of Florida · 1867
- Randle v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- People v. GrayNew York Supreme Court · 1841
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