Harper v. City of Nashville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Merrill. Berrien superior court. November 19, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Miss Mary Jane Harper brought her equitable petition against the City of Nashville and certain municipal officers, seeking to have the defendants enjoined from establishing and locating a cemetery upon a lot of land contiguous' to the lands of petitioner upon which shé resides. It is alleged in the petition, that the site of the proposed cemetery lies in very close proximity to the residence of petitioner; that if the injunction is not granted, the location of the cemetery and its use as a place for the burial of the dead will greatly endanger and damage petitioner, in that it will cause a…
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