City of Smyrna v. Ruff

240 Ga. 250 (1977)

240 S.E.2d 19

CITY OF SMYRNA et al.

v.

RUFF et al.

32369.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Submitted June 3, 1977.

Decided October 25, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1977.

Cochran, Camp & Snipes, J. Al Cochran, for appellants.

Dupree & Staples, Hylton B. Dupree, Jr., Barry Staples, Daniel Scoggins, for appellees.

Walter E. Sumner, Lennie F. Davis, Eugene Hardwick Polleys, Thomas N. Austin, amicus curiae.

NICHOLS, Chief Justice.

Ruff applied to the mayor and city council of the City of Smyrna to have 22.059 undeveloped acres of land to which he held title rezoned from a single-family…