Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. Graham & Ward
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Foster. Laurens superior court. December 26. 1902.
1Opinion of the Court
'Simmons, C. J.
1. A common carrier can not, in this State, lawfully discriminate against one of two or more connecting carriers as to the facilities afforded or the charges made touching an interchange of freight. See Logan v. Central Railroad, 74 Ga. 684. J_So where a railway company extends its line of road to the hank of a navigable stream and there constructs a wharf and steam “hoist,” with a view to facilitating the handling of freight received from or consigned to the proprietors of steamboats plying such stream, the railway company is bound to afford the owners of competing boat lines…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Goodrich v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Logan & Co. v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
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