Legal Opinion
State Highway Department v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 5, 1961No. 21078PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
1. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. brought its petition in two counts in Tift Superior Court against the State Highway Department of Georgia, alleging that it is the owner of the fee-simple title, by reason of certain described deeds, to a right-of-way through Tift County 100 feet wide, measuring 50 feet on each side of the center line of its main-line track; that a State highway, which is under the control and supervision of the State Highway Department, generally parallels said property; that the State Highway Department claims as a right-of-way property of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- McCallum v. QuarlesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
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