Legal Opinion · Dissent

Mayor of Savannah v. Radford

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 1991No. S90G0859Published

1DissentSmith, Presiding Justice

A cemetery is a cemetery, is a cemetery, and;

A park is a park, is a park, and;

never the two shall meet — except in this Court.

Black’s Law Dictionary, 5th edition defines cemetery as, “a graveyard; burial ground. Place or area set apart for interment of the dead. Term includes not only lots for depositing the bodies of the dead, but also, avenues, walks, and grounds, for shrubbery, and ornamental purposes.” (Emphasis supplied.) See also Suttles v. Hill Crest Cemetery, 87 Ga. App. 343 (73 SE2d 760) (1952).

A park is, “an enclosed pleasure-ground iri or near a city, set apart for the recreation…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. City of Rome v. JusticeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  2. City of Atlanta v. RichCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
  3. McCrary Engineering Corp. v. City of BowdonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Suttles v. Hill Crest Cemetery Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  5. Cleghorn v. City of AlbanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987

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