Legal Opinion
State v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 7, 1939PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, P. J.
Chapter 4108, Acts of 1891, conferred “upon the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad Company, a corporation existing under the laws of 'the State of Georgia” “all the rights, privileges, powers and grants that are, by the general laws of the State of Florida and amendments thereto, conferred upon railroads incorporated thereunder,” and also authorized and empowered the said Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad Company “To own, control and operate its line of railroad in the State of Florida extending from the line dividing the states of Georgia and Florida, through the counties of Hamilton,…
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