Mayor of Macon v. Harris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Charters. Municipal Corporations. Equity. Parties. Contracts. Streets and Sidewalks-Constitutional Law. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court.
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Corporations. Charters. Municipal Corporations. Equity. Parties. Contracts. Streets and Sidewalks-Constitutional Law. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1884. Peter Harris filed his bill against the Mayor an d Coun cil of Macon, the Macon Street Railroad Company, the Bibb Manufacturing Company, J. F. Hanson and other individual defendants, alleging, in brief, as follows: The Macon Street Railroad Company was chartered in 1868, and constructed its road through a number of the streets of the city. Under its charter, it could run its cars only for public use. In 1875, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This bill was brought by Harris, against the city of Macon, the Macon Street Railroad Company, the Bibb Manufacturing Company, and others, to enjoin the defendants from running a railroad by steam over Hawthorne street, and to recover damages therefor. To this bill a demurrer was filed separately by the city, and jointly by the other defendants, alleging that there is no equity as against the city, by its demurrer, and none against the other defendants, by theirs. The demurrer was overruled, and the defendants assign for error that judgment.
The bill and demurrers are…
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