Doboy & Union Island Tel. Co. v. De Magathias

The Doboy & Union Island Telegraph Company consisted of a number of persons engaged in sawing and shipping timber,—“Georgia pine.” Their offices were on Union island, separated from the main land by Doboy river and an intervening marsh. For convenience in communicating with the shore, they applied to the superior court of McIntosh county, Georgia, for a charter authorizing them to construct and use a telegraph line from Doboy to Union island. The order was granted. To complete the line it was necessary to lay a cable a half mile long across the Doboy river, a navigable stream, or arm of the…