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Southeastern Electric Co. v. City of Atlanta

176 S.E. 400, 179 Ga. 514, 1932 Ga. LEXIS 366
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedSeptember 19, 1932
DocketNo. 10021
StatusPublished
Cited by14 cases

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Southeastern Electric Co. v. City of Atlanta, 176 S.E. 400, 179 Ga. 514, 1932 Ga. LEXIS 366 (Ga. 1932).

Opinion

Russell, C. J.

1. The petitioner as an electrical contractor was so affected by the operation of the ordinance involved in this case, pertaining to the business of electrical contracting, as authorized it to attack the ordinance on the ground of unconstitutionality.

2. The ordinance is discriminatory and violative of art. 1, sec. 1, par. 2, and art. 1, see. 1, par. 3, of the constitution of 1877, and of the due-process and equal-protection clauses of the Federal constitution.

3. The ordinance being unconstitutional, the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the petition which attacked the constitutionality of the ordinance.

4. The petition as amended was not demurrable on the ground of insufficient verification.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except Gilbert, J., who dissents. John I. Kelley and James R. Venable, for plaintiff. J. L. Mayson, G. S. Winn, and J. G. Savage, for defendants.

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