Baldwin v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Pulton superior court.' June 22, 1916. Miss M. W. Baldwin filed her petition against the City of Atlanta, W. M. Mayo, chief of police, and Charles L. Woodall, license inspector of Atlanta, and alleged substantially as follows: She is an employee of the Gus Mayer Company, of New Orleans, La., a corporation.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Pulton superior court.' June 22, 1916. Miss M. W. Baldwin filed her petition against the City of Atlanta, W. M. Mayo, chief of police, and Charles L. Woodall, license inspector of Atlanta, and alleged substantially as follows: She is an employee of the Gus Mayer Company, of New Orleans, La., a corporation. She came to Atlanta with a line of samples of women’s goods -owned by her employers, and engaged rooms in a hotel in Atlanta for the purpose of taking orders from such persons as might desire to purchase goods from her employers at New Orleans by…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
1. Although the general rule is that a court of equity will not enjoin prosecutions for criminal offenses, and this rule applies both to violations of the criminal laws of the State and to quasi-criminal proceedings under municipal ordinances, yet there are cases in which equity will enjoin such prosecutions. Paulk v. Sycamore, 104 Ga. 24 (30 S. E. 417, 41 L. R. A. 772, 69 Am. St. R. 128) ; Georgia Ry. & El. Co. v. Oakland City; 129 Ga. 576 (59 S. E. 296) ; White v. Tifton, 129 Ga. 582 (59 S. E. 299) ; Rowland v. Commissioners, 133 Ga. 190 (65 S. E. 404) ; Mayor &c. of Jonesboro v. Central…
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