Hutchinson v. City of Valdosta
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of a police ordinance of the City of Valdosta, Georgia, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Bill in equity brought by appellant to restrain appellees from proceeding against her for the alleged violation of an ordinance of the City of Valdosta.
The facts as alleged are these:
The City of Valdosta is a municipal corporation under the laws of Georgia and the appellees, Varnedoe and Dampier, are respectively the récorder of the mayor’s . court of the city and marshal. Appellant owns and resides with her husband and children on a lot of land con- , tabling about one acre, more or less, situated near throe-, quarters of a mile from the main business part of the city. •The lot.is elevated…
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