Legal Opinion
Thrasher v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 20, 1934No. 9607PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
On October 17, 1931, Clovis Thrasher filed a suit for injunction and damages against the City of Atlanta and a number of companies engaged in the business of aviation. Several individuals were also made parties defendant. The plaintiff alleged that he owned and occupied a residence in the vicinity of Candler Field, an airport established and controlled by the City of Atlanta, and that the city and the other defendants were so conducting the airport that it constituted a nuisance, with resulting damage to the plaintiff. The petition was several times amended, and was finally redrafted by an…
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