Georgia Penitentiary Companies Nos. 2 & 3 v. Nelms
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional Law. Penitentiary. Convicts. Contracts. Laws. Railroads. Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. Corporations. State. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court.
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Constitutional Law. Penitentiary. Convicts. Contracts. Laws. Railroads. Marietta and North Georgia Railroad. Corporations. State. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1883. On Sept. 24th, 1881, Georgia Penitentiary Company No. 2 and Georgia Penitentiary Company No. 3 filed their bill against Nelms, the principal keeper of the penitentiary, and the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad Co., alleging as follows: “ On February 25,1876, the legislature of Georgia passed an act by which the governor of the state was authorized to lease the penitentiary convicts of the state for a…
1Opinion of the Court
Stewart, Judge.
Complainants, Penitentiary Companies Nos. 2 and 3, filed their bill in Eulton superior court, against defendants, the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad Company, of Cobb county, and John W. Nelms, principal keeper of the penitentiary, of Eulton county; in which bill complainants alleged that, under the act approved February 25th, 1876, the governor was authorized to lease out the convicts of the state for the term of twenty years: that on the 21st of June, 1876, the governor, in pursuance of said act, entered into a contract with the Dade Coal Company and complainants, by which…
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