A retired Georgia couple is fighting back against a railroad company that wants to take land their family has owned for generations

• 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 group fighting Sandersville Railroad's plan to use the eminent domain process.

A retired Georgia couple has embarked on a battle against a private railroad company attempting to use the state's power to take land their family has owned for generations.

Don and Sally Garrett are among a group of landowners who partnered with the nonprofit Institute for Justice in the hope of keeping Sandersville Railroad from using eminent domain, a process that allows a state to seize land.