Legal Opinion
International Funeral Services Inc. v. DeKalb County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 6, 1979No. 35322PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
This is a variance case. Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of International Funeral Services, Inc., owns and operates a cemetery in DeKalb County. The property is approximately 80 acres, but only about 30 acres in the southern portion of the tract have been developed for cemetery use. The remaining 50 acres is wooded and undeveloped.
In 1970 plaintiffs requested the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners to rezone some 3 1/2 acres in the southwest corner of the developed portion of the cemetery from a residential zoning classification to an…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bentley v. ChastainSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- South View Cemetery Association v. HaileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Matthews v. Fayette CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Humthlett v. ReevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Manning v. A. A. B. Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1967
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Shockley v. Fayette CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- DeKalb County v. WapenskySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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