Burgess v. Johnson

Almand, Presiding Justice.

On the petition of Cíete D. Johnson, Solicitor General of the Northern Judicial Circuit, against Charles M. Johnson owner of certain described property off Georgia Highway No. 77, about one mile north of Stephens, on which is located a building in which the defendant Willie B. Burgess, as lessee of defendant Johnson, operated an establishment known as the “White House Grocery,” a jury on the trial of the issues by its verdict found that the defendants were operating a public or common nuisance on the described premises. Upon this verdict the court decreed that the…