Legal Opinion

Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Oakland City

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 16, 1907PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Petition for injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Eulton superior court. January 25, 1907.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.

The Georgia Railway and Electric Company operates a line of street and suburban railway which passes through the town of Oakland City, its tracks being in a public street of *577the town, known as the “chert road.” It has been accustomed to stop its cars at certain points in the, corporate limits to receive and discharge passengers. The municipal authorities passed an ordinance requiring street-cars traversing the street named to be stopped at the points already in use (except one), and also at three additional points, to receive passengers who might there seek to board such cars and signal or…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. In Re SawyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  2. City of Atlanta v. Gate City Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. Davis v. American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. Port of Mobile v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1887
  5. Poyer v. Village of Des PlainesIllinois Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cutsinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  2. Chaires v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  3. Mayor of Shellman v. SaxonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  4. City of Douglas v. South Georgia Grocery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  5. Baldwin v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917

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