TOMPKINS v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

19587.

213 Ga. 48 (1957)

96 S.E.2d 603

TOMPKINS v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Neely Peacock, Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Peacock, Perry & Walters, R. B. Langstaff, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

Generally, except in so far as a railroad company may be limited by its grant, its charter, or by statute, the right-of-way acquired by it may be used for any lawful purpose convenient or necessary to the operation of the railroad. 74 C. J. S. 500, § 99; 44 Am. Jur. 338, § 126. There is no statute in Georgia prohibiting a railroad company from building a sidetrack on its right-of-way. The charter powers of the defendant authorize the construction...

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