Southern Railway Co. v. Cook
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Sweat. Coffee superior court. March term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
On June 27, 1896, Cook brought suit in Coffee ■county against the Southern Railway Company, alleging, in substance: He is the owner of a certain lot of land through which the railroad runs, in said county, and which comprises a field ■containing about fifty acres of fertile arable land lying on the western side of and contiguous to the railroad. A short distance south of this field and near the railroad is a basin or pond with an outlet extending eastward, through which outlet the water of the basin or pond formerly flowed, without obstruction, across a point where the railroad is now…
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