Gifford-Hill & Co. v. Harrison

Nichols, Justice.

These appeals are from a judgment of the Superior Court of DeKalb County dismissing a petition for mandamus. The issue made by the pleadings was whether a conditional use permit should have been granted as a matter of right. The appeal was dismissed upon the defendants’ motion that the petitioner had no legal standing to the relief sought. Gifford-Hill & Company, Inc., the original petitioner, held a lease option to the property. By a motion to intervene, W. A. Kelly and L. Henderson Hawkins became parties prior to the appeal to this court. An appeal was prematurely taken to…