Legal Opinion
Fayette County v. Seagraves
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 5, 1980No. 35795PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
In 1971, the appellant-plaintiff, Fayette County, enacted the Fayette County Zoning Ordinance, placing the property in the county under various zoning restrictions. Property owned by the appellee-defendant, Seagraves, was zoned Agricultural-Residential (A-R). The use of mobile homes is prohibited in such zoning districts. See Matthews v. Fayette County, 233 Ga. 220 (210 SE2d 758) (1974). The defendant had used two mobile homes on his property for many years prior to passage of the county zoning ordinance. Therefore, the defendant’s mobile homes constituted legal,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Foster v. VickerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Matthews v. Fayette CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Duncan v. EntrekinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Georgia Loan & Trust Co. v. DyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Miller v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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