Western & Atlantic Railroad v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Lumpkin. Eulton superior court. March 16, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad Company and others presented a petition to the judge of the superior court of Fulton county, in which it was alleged that on February 7, 1901, certain employees of the City of Atlanta, acting under the direction of its board of health, began to forcibly take up and remove the floor of the building in that city known as the union passenger depot, which is used as a railway station by all the railroads passing through or having terminals in said city. The board of health based its action on the ground that the floor sought to be removed was a nuisance…
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