Georgia Court Says Railroad Can Take Family Land

Georgia court says railroad can take family land

It sounds like something out of the days of the robber barons, but it is a modern reality for four families in Georgia. A railroad wants to take their land and courts and government agencies are allowing them to do it. A Georgia appeals court ruled Tuesday that a railroad company can force several families […] The post Georgia court says railroad can take family land appeared first on The Georgia Sun.

Railroad Wins Appeal to Take Generations-Old Land in Rural Georgia

Months ago, Blaine Smith was afraid that the Georgia Court of Appeals would allow a railroad company to seize part of his family’s generations-old land. That fear came true Wednesday when the court upheld a lower court’s decision to let Sandersville Railroad exercise eminent domain to take properties from several landowners in Sparta, Georgia, to build a rail spur.  The Smiths, along with other property owners, have been fighting back against th…