Cocroft v. Peters

Jordan, Justice.

George C. Cocroft and others, property owners in the vicinity of Allgood United Methodist Church, appeal from an order denying them an interlocutory injunction and declaring that a variance granted to the church was valid.

In their complaint against officials of the Allgood United Methodist Church, members of the Board of Commissioners of DeKalb County, and the county, the appellants sought to have declared void a variance granted to the church, and to enjoin the church from completion of a softball field on its property.

The zoning ordinance of DeKalb County provides that where…