Alexander v. Atlanta & West Point Railroad

On December 27, 1847, an act was passed “to incorporate the Atlanta and LaGrange Railroad Company.” It conferred upon the incorporators the powers necessary “for the purpose of constructing railroad communication between the town of Atlanta in DeKalb county, or some convenient point on the Macon and Western Railroad between the city of Griffin and Atlanta, to LaGrange in Troup county.” This act by its terms was to remain of force for twenty years. See Acts of 1847, p. 178. On December 14,1849, the above-mentioned act was amended so as to authorize the company thereby incorporated to extend…