In 1889 the State of Georgia demanded its assets be handed over to local counties for unpaid taxes.
The company fought the order and the case made its way to the Supreme Court which in 1894 decided in Columbus Southern Ry.
[3][4] In 1944, the Seaboard Air Line acquired the Georgia Florida and Alabama Railway (GF&A), which paralleled the Columbus Southern between Richland and Kimbrough.
[5] As a result, the Seaboard Air Line abandoned the former Columbus Southern between Richland and Kimbrough and consolidated service on the former GF&A.
[8] In 1980, the Seaboard Coast Line's parent company merged with the Chessie System, creating the CSX Corporation.