Legal Opinion
Williamson v. Housing Authority
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 21, 1938No. 12519PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
A. R. Williamson filed his petition seeking to enjoin the Housing Authority of the City of Augusta and the City Council of Augusta from proceeding with the development and financing of a proposed slum-clearance and low-rent housing project for that city. The action was dismissed on general de*675murrer, and the plaintiff excepted. The petition attacks the constitutionality of the act approved March 30, 1937 (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 210), known as the housing-authorities law, and also the housing-co-operative law (Ga. Laws 1937, p. 697). The contract between the Housing Authority of the…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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- Green v. FrazierSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by98 opinions
- Housing Authority v. HigginbothamTexas Supreme Court · 1940
- The Housing Authority v. DockweilerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- In Re Brewster Street Housing SiteMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
- Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing AuthorityWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
- Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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