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ROME RAILWAY & LIGHT CO. v. FLOYD COUNTY

No. 547.

243 U.S. 257 (1917)

ROME RAILWAY & LIGHT COMPANY v. FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Doolan, with whom Mr. Linton A. Dean, Mr. J. Ed. Dean, Mr. Edmund F. Trabue and Mr. Attilla Cox, Jr., were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. George E. Maddox, with whom Mr. Joel Branham and Mr. Mark B. Eubanks were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Within the limits of Rome, Georgia, since 1881, three public bridges have crossed the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers. Appellant is successor to the Rome Street Rail-Road Company incorporated in 1884 by special act and empowered to construct and operate railroads in that city, also in certain neighboring towns, and, with consent of the Floyd County Board of Commissioners of Roads and

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