Williams v. Housing Authority

Mobley, Justice.

On December 5, 1966, the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta brought a proceeding under Code Ch. 61-3 to dispossess Josephine Williams as a tenant holding over. She filed a counter affidavit asserting that her lease has not expired, and that the proceeding is instituted in deprivation of her rights under stated Amendments of the United States Constitution. She also filed a motion for leave to proceed without tendering bond, alleging that by reason of her poverty she is unable to give the bond; and that Code § 61-303, which requires the giving of bond to arrest…