Shurman v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. October 31, 1917. The City of Atlanta through its mayor and general council adopted, on August 20, 1917, what is known as the “junk ordinance,” as follows: “An ordinance repealing an ordinance approved July 18th, 1917, being an ordinance regulating the buying of junk, junk dealers, junk peddlers, etc., and for other purposes; and in lieu thereof establishing a new ordinance embodying most of the provisions of…
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. October 31, 1917. The City of Atlanta through its mayor and general council adopted, on August 20, 1917, what is known as the “junk ordinance,” as follows: “An ordinance repealing an ordinance approved July 18th, 1917, being an ordinance regulating the buying of junk, junk dealers, junk peddlers, etc., and for other purposes; and in lieu thereof establishing a new ordinance embodying most of the provisions of said repealed ordinance, but also embodying some amendments, and for other purposes. Be it ordained by'the Mayor and…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The plaintiffs seek to have the ordinance just set out enjoined on the ground that it is unreasonable and void as a whole, and that certain sections thereof are void for reasons which will now' be considered either generally or in detail. It is insisted that the court erred in not holding that the provisions of section 6 of the ordinance are unreasonable, arbitrary, unduly discriminatory, and that they deprive them of their liberty of action and contract and of the right to acquire property, and deny them due process of law and equal protection of the…
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