The railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga is the property of this state exclusively and shall be known as the Western and Atlantic Railroad. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 888; Code 1868, § 96; Code 1873, § 963; Code 1882, § 963; Ga. L. 1889, p. 362, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 1020; Civil Code […]
The state occupies the same relation to the railroad, as owner, that any company or corporation does to its railroad; and the obligations of the state to the public concerning the railroad, and of the public to the railroad, are the same as govern the other railroads of this state, so far as is consistent […]
All the public road laws and penal laws touching the railroads of this state, whether to obligate or protect, apply to the state railroad unless specially excepted or some other provision is prescribed in lieu of some one or more thereof. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 890; Code 1868, § 969; Code 1873, § 965; […]
All persons in this state owning land through which the Western and Atlantic Railroad passes may build stock gaps on the railroad when the line of their fences may cross the same and may join their fences to such stock gaps, provided the landowners shall not improperly interfere with the bed of the railroad, render […]
The Western and Atlantic Railroad (the corporation existing by virtue of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property from the State of Georgia by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, made March 4, 1968) is authorized and empowered to acquire by condemnation the title to all such real estate and other property as […]
The land which may be acquired by condemnation under and by virtue of this Code section and Code Sections 50-16-104, 50-16-106, and 50-16-107 for the construction of a track or tracks shall not exceed 200 feet in width. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 2; Code 1933, § 91-302.
In the event the Western and Atlantic Railroad is unable to obtain title to real estate or other property from the owner or owners thereof by contract, lease, or purchase, it may obtain such title by condemnation, the rights to be acquired by it and the amount of compensation to be paid by it therefor […]
At the termination of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad property, the property rights acquired by condemnation under Code Sections 50-16-104 through 50-16-106 shall go to and become vested in the state. History. Ga. L. 1918, p. 253, § 4; Ga. L. 1918, p. 254, § 3; Code 1933, § 91-304. Editor’s notes. […]
The railroad operation by the lessee of the Western and Atlantic Railroad shall be subject to the regulation of the Public Service Commission. History. Code 1933, § 91-113a, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 146, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 857, § 1; Code 1933, § 91-114a, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1092, […]
