Supreme Court of Georgia August 9, 1902 (Southern Railway Co. v. State)

Simmons, C. J.

The State of Georgia brought suit against the-Southern Railway Company. The petition alleged that the plaintiff was the owner of a railroad, known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad, extending from Atlanta, • Georgia, to Chattanooga,, Tennessee; that this railroad had been operated directly by the-*277plaintiff until 1870, when it was leased to a named corporation for twenty