Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. Flynn
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 30, 1979No. 34737PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This is a zoning case in which the subject land is 11.2 acres lying near the intersection of Memorial Drive and Hambrick Road, in DeKalb County. The land has frontage on Hambrick, a two-lane road. It is separated from Memorial Drive, a seven-lane traffic artery, by land zoned commercial (C-l) on which there is a large restaurant-tavern. (This adjacent land is also owned by Mr. Flynn, owner of the subject land.) Directly across Memorial Drive there is a very large shopping center.
The restaurant has been standing on the adjacent land since 1948, though Flynn bought it in 1960. In…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Barrett v. HambySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Guhl v. Holcomb Bridge Road Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Guhl v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- City of Atlanta v. McLennanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Guhl v. MEM CORPORATIONSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by18 opinions
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