City of Atlanta v. Lopert Pictures Corp.

Quillian; Justice.

The first matter for consideration is the sufficiency of the petition to show cause for the grant of an injunction against the defendants to prevent them from interfering with the exhibition of the motion picture film “Never on Sunday” in theaters located within the City of Atlanta, or a declaratory judgment that the defendants’ action in denying the plaintiff a permit to show the film publicly within the city was illegal.

It affirmatively appeal’s from the averments of the petition that, under the charter provisions of the City of Atlanta, the Mayor and Board of Aldermen…