Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Jackson

It appears from the record that Rawlins made and executed a deed, signed and sealed by him and by the Metropolitan Street Railroad Co., wherein he conveyed to that company a right of way over certain lands belonging to him in Fulton county. The deed contained the clauses set out in the headnotes preceding this opinion, and these clauses are there given with sufficient fullness for the purposes of this decision. The railroad company appears to have been in possession of the right of way when the deed was executed. After running its cars over this right of way for several years, it became…