Rowland v. Morris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Kent. Johnson superior court. May 14, 1921. J. R. Rowland filed his petition against L. Davis, sheriff of Johnson county, and O. E. Morris, State cattle inspector in said count))-, to enjoin them from quarantining his cattle and having them dipped for tick eradication under the statute of this State passed for such purposes.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Kent. Johnson superior court. May 14, 1921. J. R. Rowland filed his petition against L. Davis, sheriff of Johnson county, and O. E. Morris, State cattle inspector in said count))-, to enjoin them from quarantining his cattle and having them dipped for tick eradication under the statute of this State passed for such purposes. He attacked this statute on the ground that it is unconstitutional, in that it does not provide for notice and an opportunity to be heard before his cattle could be seized, quarantined, and dipped, in violation of the due-process…
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. On August 17, 1918, the legislature passed the statute known as the State-wide tick-eradication act. The plaintiff filed his petition to enjoin the county cattle inspector and sheriff of the county from putting his cattle in quarantine, and from dipping *845the same, under the provisions of this act, on the ground that the same was unconstitutional, because it did not provide for notice to the owners of such cattle, and did not give them an opportunity to be heard on the question whether their cattle were infested with ticks or had been exposed to tick…
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