Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. July 15, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company instituted a proceeding in Chatham county, where the principal office of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company was located, to condemn a portion of the right of way of that company, extending through the counties of Dougherty, Mitchell, Thomas, Brooks, and Lowndes. The proceeding was instituted under the provisions of an act approved December 20,1898 (Acts 18.98, p. 54), which are codified in the Civil Code, §§4657-4686. Subsequently the *555railway company filed an equitable petition in which it prayed that the condemnation proceeding instituted by…
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