City of Marietta v. Dobbins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Tarver. Cobb superior court. July 24, 1919. Dobbins et al., by an equitable petition, prayed that the City of Marietta, its mayor and Council, the Frank Scarboro Co., the Merrill Road Improvement Co., and Merchants & Farmers Bank be enjoined from continuing the work of paving Atlanta Street until adequate sewerage facilities were installed therein adjacent to their abutting property; that the bank and Frank Scarboro Co. be enjoined from…
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Tarver. Cobb superior court. July 24, 1919. Dobbins et al., by an equitable petition, prayed that the City of Marietta, its mayor and Council, the Frank Scarboro Co., the Merrill Road Improvement Co., and Merchants & Farmers Bank be enjoined from continuing the work of paving Atlanta Street until adequate sewerage facilities were installed therein adjacent to their abutting property; that the bank and Frank Scarboro Co. be enjoined from collecting or changing the status of a promissory note for $20,000, made by the city to Frank Scarboro Co.; that they be…
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
1. By virtue of the authority of section 8 of the amendment to the charter of the City of Marietta (Acts 1917, p. 757), the mayor and council of the city duly passed an ordinance providing for the paving of Atlanta Street, and caused the same to. be published as required by said act of the General Assembly, giving notice to the citizens to be affected thereby of the time when, their objections might be hoard. Said amendment to the charter^ in the same section of the act, provides as follows: “After the passage of such ordinance any person, company, or corporation subject to assessment for the…
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