Henderson Lumber Co. v. Waycross & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Crum. Irwin superior court. August 11, 1917. E. B. Sirmans, now deceased, owned a large and valuable body of timber land in Clinch county, consisting of twenty-three or twenty-four thousand acres. He entered into a contract with Alex.
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Injunction. Before Judge Crum. Irwin superior court. August 11, 1917. E. B. Sirmans, now deceased, owned a large and valuable body of timber land in Clinch county, consisting of twenty-three or twenty-four thousand acres. He entered into a contract with Alex. K. Sessoms and others by ivhich the latter, representing the Waycross & Western Railroad, agreed to build a railroad through the timbered land of Sirmans and to establish and maintain upon the line of railroad upon the land of Sirmans a station to be known as "Sirmans.” In consideration of this agreement on the part of the railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing fáets.)
1. The first headnote requires no elaboration.
2. F. B. Sirmans, since deceased, entered into an agreement, which rested in parol, with the builders of the Waycross & Western Railroad Company, whereby the railroad was to build its line of road through a large tract of timber land belonging to Sirmans, and to erect and maintain a depot or station on the land to be known as “Sirmans.” Sirmans on his part was to construct a sawmill at-or near the town of Sirmans, saw the timber into lumber and other products, and ship them over the line of railroad. Sirmans…
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