Legal Opinion
City of Atlanta v. Crest Lawn Memorial Park Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 3, 1962No. 21845PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Presiding Justice.
The Crest Lawn Memorial Park Corporation brought a petition for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the City of Atlanta and Riley F. Elder, as the Municipal Revenue Collector of the city. It was alleged: The petitioner is a nonprofit cemetery corporation, owning six described tracts of land. Property owned by the petitioner described as Tract No. 1 has been developed for burial sites, and numerous burials have been made throughout various portions of this tract. There is situated on this tract an administration building which is used exclusively in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Evergreen Cemetery Ass'n v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
- Tharpe v. Central Georgia Council of Boy Scouts of AmericaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Haslerig v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Arlington Cemetery Corp. v. BindigSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
- Alford v. Emory UniversitySupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Atlanta v. Clayton County Board of Tax AssessorsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
- Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Inc. v. RobbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Melwood, Inc. v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Adams v. Dawn Memorial ParkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- H.O.P.E. Through Divine Interventions, Inc. v. Fulton County Board of Tax AssessorsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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