Pope v. Mayor of Savannah

Hall, Justice.

[Pope filed his bill against the mayor, etc., of Savannah to enjoin them from putting into execution an ordinance which prohibited the erection of obstructions on the streets and sidewalks of the city, and provided penalties for its violation, and that the obstructions should be removed. The bill alleged that complainant had a right to erect certain shelving in front of his place of business, under another ordinance which, it was claimed, modified the former ? that he had been arrested, tried before the police court' *366and fined; that he had carried the case to the superior court…