Vason v. South Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Municipal Corporations. Nuisance. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. June Term, 1870. Mason made an affidavit that locomotive engines, drawing long trains of cars, then were and for a year before, had run on the railway located in Washington street, between Reynolds and Telfair streets, in the City of Augusta; that this was a nuisance “which tends to the immediate annoyance of" and works hurt, inconvenience and damage to “the citizens in general,” whose…
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Railroads. Municipal Corporations. Nuisance. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. June Term, 1870. Mason made an affidavit that locomotive engines, drawing long trains of cars, then were and for a year before, had run on the railway located in Washington street, between Reynolds and Telfair streets, in the City of Augusta; that this was a nuisance “which tends to the immediate annoyance of" and works hurt, inconvenience and damage to “the citizens in general,” whose business requires them to pass along or across said street, and who reside in or own houses near to and fronting on…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCay, J.
1. That the use of steam engines to draw trains of cars through Washington street, in the city of Augusta, thus connecting the various railroads entering the city at different points, is authorized by the contracts and ordinances of the city is not disputed. Indeed, it is too plain for dispute. The only question there can be on this point is the authority of the city to do this. It seems to us that this too is very plain. The Act of February 15th, 1856, authorizes the City Council to permit the connection of all railroads in the city, by common tracks, depots, or otherwise, on such terms and…
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