Legal Opinion

Yield, Inc. v. City of Atlanta

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 7, 1978No. 55276PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Judge.

This case involves the maintenance of a nuisance which action was brought in Municipal Court of the City of Atlanta. In Yield, Inc. v. City of Atlanta, 239 Ga. 578 (238 SE2d 351), the Supreme Court has held that where a party elects to proceed under Code § 72-401, it is an action at law, citing Attaway v. Coleman, 213 Ga. 329 (99 SE2d 154), and when the evidentiary standard contained in Code Ann. § 72-301 (as amended by Ga. L. 1975, pp. 402, 403), is used, this does not convert the proceeding into an equitable one. See also Yield, Inc. v. City of Atlanta, 144 Ga. App. 637 (2).…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kitchens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  2. Bonner v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  3. Yield, Inc. v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Yield, Inc. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  5. Attaway v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Robinson v. Moonraker Associates, Ltd.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  2. Yield, Inc. v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  3. Yield, Inc. v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

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