Paschal v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Paschal v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Opinion of the Court
Mrs. A. H. Paschal brought her petition against Milledgeville Eailway Company, Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company, Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company, and Georgia Eailroad & Banking Company, praying that the defendants be enjoined from operating trains over a described line of railway in one of the streets in the City of Milledgeville. She alleged that the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company are joint lessees of the Georgia Railroad & Banking Company, and as such lessees hold, use, and operate the line of railroad known as the Georgia Eailroad extending into and through the county of Baldwin; that the named lessees are likewise the joint lessees of the Milledgeville Eailway Company, a railroad corporation under the laws of this State, and as such lessees hold, use, and operate the line of railway of this company; that they operate a railway using large steam locomotives and cars, and in the conduct of their business have located their main-line track in the center and longitudinally along Wayne Street and in front of plaintiff’s property; that they have constructed a freight
A. H. Paschal, predecessor in title of the plaintiff, purchased in 1918 the property she claimed to be damaged. .The railway in question was lined up at one time at the réquest of the authorities of the City of Milledgeville, so that paving could be done by the city. In front of the property of the plaintiff the track was practically in the center of the street, where it had been for more than twenty years, and the defendants recently purchased property in the City of Milledgeville in order to have a place to leave their cars for unloading, and it was to reach this property that they laid their
Upon the hearing the court refused an injunction. The court did not err in this refusal. The plaintiff was not entitled to an injunction against the operation of trains over the main-line track, and no proceeding was instituted by her to prevent the building of the spur-track. This was not a suit to enjoin the construction of the railroad or the spur-tracks before they were built; and so far as concerns the operation of trains over the main line of the railroad, these trains had been operated long before the plaintiff or her predecessor in title bought or moved to the property in question. Whether or not the successors of the Milledgeville and Asylum Eailroad Company acquired additional powers by the terms of their charters, it is not necessary to decide, no question having been raised as to that by any of the stockholders of the corporation in question; the decision in this case being that petitioner is not entitled to the injunctive relief sought. Nor is the question of the plaintiff’s right to recover damages now for decision, as the case is still pending in the court below.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- PASCHAL v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY
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- Published