Partain v. City of Royston

Clarke, Justice.

This is the third appeal of various judgments which have issued regarding this controversy. This appeal presents the issue of whether an injunction which was imposed as the result of the violation of a zoning ordinance can be enforced by a contempt citation after the repeal of the ordinance. We hold that it cannot, and we reverse.

The first suit filed in this controversy was an action by certain residents of the City of Royston who were dissatisfied with the city’s failure to require David Partain to remove his mobile home from the land of Lorene Saylors. They allege the…