ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against the will of property owners to build a track, ...
The order is yet another blow to Sparta landowners, who are fighting to retain full ownership of properties. Some properties ...
A Fulton County judge has ruled in favor of Sandersville Railroad, allowing the company to seize private land through eminent ...
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'Trying to Bamboozle' Us: Georgia Judge Rules Railroad Company Can Seize Hundreds of Acres of Land In Predominately Black County to Benefit Private Sector, …A Georgia judge ruled last week that a short line railroad company can use eminent domain to seize land to build a spur line ...
The Sandersville Railroad, owned by an influential Georgia family, wants to connect the quarry to the CSX railroad at Sparta, allowing products to be shipped widely. Sparta is a mostly Black rural ...
Sparta is a mostly Black rural town 85 miles ... Landowners say they will appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court.
Georgia law requires a court's determination ... "There are already channels of trade in Sparta right now — they're called trucks," he said. Robert Highsmith, an attorney for the railroad ...
The case pits a politically connected Georgia railroad against mostly Black property owners, some whose families have ties to their land dating to slavery.
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