Central of Georgia Railroad v. Collins

Hall, Justice.

This is an appeal in a nuisance case by the Central of Georgia Railroad Company ("the railroad”) and Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. ("the sugar company”), defendants below, from a jury verdict for plaintiffs, who are homeowners alleging injury from the noise of a railroad car weighing operation, conducted since 1966 on tracks immediately behind their homes. Prior to 1966, for 50 years the weighing operation had been conducted in a secluded and unpopulated area some 800 feet farther down the tracks, without objection by plaintiffs. The weighing is conducted by railroad…