Groce v. Southern Ry. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabrer.

We have here two cases brought by the plaintiff, W. R. Groce, for damages alleged to have been sustained by him through trespass on his real estate; the cases having been tried together by consent. It appears that the defendants, Southern Railway Company and Atlanta & Charlotte Airline Railway Company, entered into an agreement, about February, 1926, with the defendant, Hardwood Manufacturing Company, by which they granted to the latter the right or license to use a portion of their right-of-way at Paris, S. C., “as a site or…