St. Andrews Bay Lumber Co. v. Drummond

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action in trover to recover the value of a quantity of rails and accessories, consisting of fish plates, bolts, nuts, spikes, and switchstands, which the defendant, St. Andrews Bay Dumber Company, removed from a terminal or branch line railroad track.

In 1914 the railroad of the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Company extended from Dothan, Ala., to St. Andrews Bay (at Panama City, Fla. The western boundary line of Panama City is also the eastern boundary line of the adjoining town of St. Andrews. The plaintiff, J. H. Drummond, was largely interested in St.…