Dodd v. City of Atlanta

The City of Atlanta put in water connections for a sprinkler system for the plaintiffs’ warehouse at No. 322 Peach-tree street. Section 31 of the building code of the City of Atlanta provides, that buildings of this kind, fronting on one street, can not have a floor space exceeding 5000 square feet, unless equipped *35with a system of automatic sprinklers, which has been approved by the Southeastern Underwriters Association. The floor area of the plaintiff’s building is 5775 square feet. An approved sprinkler system was installed therein, to the satisfaction of the city; and the city turned the…