· 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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