Durden v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Macon-Judge Hodges. September 20, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
The error assigned in this case is the sustaining of a demurrer to the plaintiffs’ petition. According to the allegations of the petition, the defendant is a foreign corporation, operating a line of railway in this State. The plaintiff, about two years prior to the bringing of the suit, bought a tract of land lying immediately on the line of the railroad. This land lies between the Ocmulgee river and the railroad, was bought for the wood and timber on it, and has little value for any other purpose. At the time the plaintiff purchased this land, there was located adjacent thereto, on the…
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- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. DustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. CampbellTexas Supreme Court · 1898
- Jones v. Newport News & M. V. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Oman v. Bedford-Bowling Green Stone Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- Savannah, Skidaway & Seaboard Railroad v. BonaudSupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
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