FILE - Sparta residents attend a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on whether a railroad company can use eminent domain to condemn property in their community, in Atlanta, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP ...

ATLANTA — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...

A judge ruled a railroad can use eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest counties to build a spur to serve private businesses, a decision some residents in the railway’s path vowed to appeal.

A Georgia railroad can force property owners in a rural community to sell portions of their land so the company can build a rail spur to serve private businesses, a Georgia Public Service Commission ...

A retired Georgia couple is battling a railroad company that wants their land. The Garretts' family has owned the land since the 1800s and they aren't prepared to back down. The couple is part of a ...

A potentially precedent-setting legal battle aims to decide whether a railroad can use eminent domain in one of Georgia's poorest counties to build a rail spur to serve private businesses. The case ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A hearing began Monday in an eminent domain battle that involves one of rural Georgia’s poorest areas but could have implications for property law across the state and nation. At stake ...

SAVANNAH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Georgia Central Railway, L.P. (GC) and Heart of Georgia Railroad, Inc. (HOG), subsidiaries of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), today filed a petition with the Federal ...

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall Sr. ruled that the Sandersville Railroad could condemn a 200-foot wide strip of property to build a rail line serving a rock quarry and other users but ...