Victoria Corp. v. Atlanta Merchandise Mart, Inc.

Carlisle, Judge.

1. As used in Ga. L. 1946, pp. 191, 198 (Code, Ann., § 69-827), the term “substantial interest” as applied to a party entitled to appeal from a decision of the Atlanta-Fulton County Joint Board of Adjustment granting variances from the zoning ordinances of the City of Atlanta means an interest which is of “real worth and importance; of considerable value; valuable.” Tax Commission of Ohio v. American Humane Education Society, 42 Ohio App. 4 (181 N. E. 557). Such term is synonymous with the word “aggrieved” used as descriptive of those entitled to appeal in similar statutes of…