Rolison v. Georgia Central Railway, L.P.

Thompson, Justice.

This case concerns the width of a railroad right-of-way. The railroad claims its right-of-way extends 200 feet, i.e., 100 feet on either *512side of the centerline. The Rolisons and the Hardens, adjoining landowners, assert the railroad’s right-of-way extends 100 feet, i.e., 50 feet on either side of the centerline. Finding the right-of-way to be 200 feet wide as a matter of law, the trial court awarded summary judgment to the railroad. We reverse.

The railroad’s predecessors began operating a railroad along the right-of-way in 1888, just a few years before the Rolisons’ and…