Ford v. Crawford

Bowles, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a superior court of this state has jurisdiction to permanently abate a continuing public nuisance when said nuisance is located within the corporate limits of a *613municipality of less than 20,000 people.

The facts show that an undercover agent, Gordon L. Simpson, was employed by the City of Cartersville Police Department and the Bartow County Sheriffs Department to conduct an undercover investigation of drug sales in their area. In October, 1976, appellants opened a restaurant and discotheque called "Odyssey” within the city limits of…