Legal Opinion
City of Atlanta v. Universal Film Exchanges Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 7, 1946No. 15525, 15531PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The sufficiency of the petition is challenged by the demurrer on the grounds that it contains no equity, since the petitioners have a complete and adequate remedy at law, and states no cause of action.(a) “Equity will take no part in the administration of the criminal law. It will neither aid criminal courts in the exercise of their jurisdiction, nor will it restrain or obstruct them.” Code, § 55-102. The same rule is likewise applicable in quasi-criminal proceedings. Starnes v. Atlanta, 139 Ga. 531 (77 S. E. 381). Such has been the law of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Southern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Cutsinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Carey v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Insurance Center, Inc. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- City of Nashville v. SnowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- K. Gordon Murray Productions, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- City of Moultrie v. Colquitt County Rural Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Thomas v. Mayor &C. of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
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