Macon & Birmingham Railroad v. Gibson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Railroads. Corporations. Statutes. Constitutional law. Contracts. Municipal corporations. Actions. Parties. Jurisdiction. "Waiver. Practice. Before Judge Boynton. "Upson county.
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Injunction. Railroads. Corporations. Statutes. Constitutional law. Contracts. Municipal corporations. Actions. Parties. Jurisdiction. "Waiver. Practice. Before Judge Boynton. "Upson county. At chambers, February 1, 1890. On January 9, 1890, John Gibson and J. S. Stamps, citizens of Thomaston, on behalf of themselves and the citizens of that town, brought their petition for injunction against the Macon and Birmingham Railroad Company, the Macon Construction Company, Julius C. Williams and E. L. McGee, alleging as follows: In 1889, the railroad company began the construction of its road under…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The Macon and Birmingham Railroad Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly passed in December, 1888. Acts of 1888, p. 164. The act provided, amongst other things, “ that said company shall have power and authority to survey, lay out and construct, maintain and equip a railroad from the city of Macon, in the county of Bibb, or from some point on the present line of the Georgia, Southern and Florida railroad, through the county of Bibb and through the following counties or such of them as said railroad company may deem fit, to wit, Houston, Crawford,…
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