Legal Opinion
Calvary Independent Baptist Church v. City of Rome
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 10, 1951No. 17537PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
Calvary Independent Baptist Church, a corporation, filed a suit under the provisions of our declaratory-judgment statute against the City of Rome. Its petition in substance alleges: The plaintiff, in 1937, purchased certain realty in Rome, Georgia, located at what was then the intersection of West Seventh Street and Avenue “C” and fronting on them 143 and 128 feet respectively. Its property is used exclusively for church purposes. The defendant purchased a strip of land east of and directly across Avenue “C” from the plaintiff’s property, and has recently completed the…
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