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 ...

A Georgia judge ruled last week that a short line railroad company can use eminent domain to seize land to build a spur line to serve private businesses in one of the state’s poorest, predominantly ...

ATLANTA — A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against the will of property owners to build a track, rebuffing a challenge that a libertarian group hoped could make it harder to use ...

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 ...