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· 2/12/1957

Tompkins v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company

Citations

  • 96 S.E.2d 603
  • 213 Ga. 48
  • 1957 Ga. LEXIS 497

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  • holding that the outermost, 43 unfettered limit of such an easement was what was convenient or necessary for railroad operations
  • use of the easement as a side track to discharge and receive freight and not as a main line still satisfied the railroad purposes requirement for the easement

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