Cutsinger v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 10, 1913. Helen Cutsinger, who alleged that she was a citizen of the United States, and of Fulton County, Georgia, filed her petition against the City of Atlanta, the chief of police of that city, the recorder, the mayor, -aldermen, and members of council, alleging in substance as follows: On and prior to October 7, 1912, the City of Atlanta had permitted a rooming house or lodging house to be conducted…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. June 10, 1913. Helen Cutsinger, who alleged that she was a citizen of the United States, and of Fulton County, Georgia, filed her petition against the City of Atlanta, the chief of police of that city, the recorder, the mayor, -aldermen, and members of council, alleging in substance as follows: On and prior to October 7, 1912, the City of Atlanta had permitted a rooming house or lodging house to be conducted at number 115y2 Decatur street. Being physically unable, at that time, to conduct it herself, she employed one Harding…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) -
1. The police power to grant licenses by which one person can conduct a certain business and another can not, or by which a business may be conducted at a certain place and not at another, necessarily involves some discrimination for the public welfare. Such licenses have been broadly grouped into four classes: (1) *564Where promiscuous or indiscriminate freedom to act will disturb public order or interfere with the common use of public places. A type of this class is in regard to permitting the use of the public streets for parades or processions, which may…
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