J & L OIL CO. v. City of Carrollton

230 Ga. 817 (1973)

199 S.E.2d 190

J & L OIL COMPANY INC.

v.

CITY OF CARROLLTON et al.

27848.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued April 9, 1973.

Decided June 28, 1973.

Rehearing Denied July 12, 1973.

Willingham, Smith, Robertson & Sparrow, George T. Smith, for appellant.

Wiggins & Camp, William J. Wiggins, for appellees.

JORDAN, Justice.

In July, 1972, J & L Oil Company, asserting that an ordinance of the City of Carrollton is (1) unreasonable, (2) unconstitutional, (3) contrary to Georgia law, and that (4) the city is estopped, sought mandamus to compel the city to issue to it a license to operate a…