O'Dowd's Sons & Co. v. City Council of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Hammond. Richmond superior court. September 6, 1913. The City Council of Augusta instituted proceedings to acquire by condemnation a fee-simple title to certain real property in the' City of Augusta, Georgia, belonging to M. O’Dowd’s Sons & Company, and served notice upon the owners.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Hammond. Richmond superior court. September 6, 1913. The City Council of Augusta instituted proceedings to acquire by condemnation a fee-simple title to certain real property in the' City of Augusta, Georgia, belonging to M. O’Dowd’s Sons & Company, and served notice upon the owners. Before the date fixed in the notice for the hearing, the owners filed their petition for an injunction, praying that the condemnors be restrained and enjoined from prosecuting the condemnation proceedings, on the ground that the proceedings were illegal, inasmuch as the act…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the facts as above.)
The third section of the act under consideration is not material-to a consideration of the questions involved in'this case. The act is attacked on the ground that it violates paragraph 1 of section 4 of article 1 of the constitution of the State (Civil Code, § 6391), which provides that “Laws of a general nature shall have uniform operation throughout the State, and no special law shall be- enacted in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law.” The general law which, according to the contentions of the petitioner, makes provision…
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