SEABOARD AIR LINE R. CO. v. COUNTY OF CRISP OF STATE OF GA.

No. 18171.

280 F.2d 873 (1960)

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF CRISP OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. C. McDonald, Fitzgerald, Ga., for appellant.

H. H. Perry, Jr., Albany, Ga., Graydon D. Reddick, Cordele, Ga., Perry, Walters & Langstaff, Albany, Ga., Wright & Reddick, Cordele, Ga., for appellees.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

Crisp County, Georgia, herein called the County, was empowered by an amendment to the Constitution of Georgia1 to build a dam across the Flint River, and to erect and operate a hydro-electric generating plant at a site upon the river specified in the constitutional provision. A Crisp County Power Commission was created, a bond issue was authorized, and the Commission was empowered by the constitutional provisions...

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