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 ...

Since the controversy began, it has pitted a politically connected railroad against longtime property owners, some whose families have ties to their land dating to slavery.

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.

ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...