Shaffer v. City of Atlanta

Grice, Justice.

Modification of an ex parte restraining order produced this appeal.

The litigation began when Joseph N. Shaffer filed in the Superior Court of Fulton County a petition against the City of Atlanta and several of its officials seeking a declaration that portions of the Urban Redevelopment Act (Ga. L. 1955, p. 354) and a designated Housing Code ordinance of the City are null and void. His petition prayed that injunction issue to prevent his being denied a judicial hearing on whether his properties are nuisances, and for general relief. Thereupon, the trial court issued an ex parte…