Moore v. City of Tifton

Wyatt, Justice.

The evidence offered on the interlocutory hearing dealt almost entirely with the nature of typhus fever, whether it is caused by fleas from rats, whether there exists an epidemic of typhus fever in Tifton, and the nature of the work necessary to be performed to rat-proof buildings. With reference to the steps taken to enforce the ordinance in question, the evidence was no stronger than the allegations of the petition with regard to the receipt of a notice from the city health officer, to the effect that the city would rat-proof the petitioner’s property for a stipulated amount.…