Supreme Court of Georgia, 1909

Hodges v. Hooper

Hodges v. Hooper
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 1, 1909 · Beck
133 Ga. 59; 65 S.E. 96; 1909 Ga. LEXIS 144

Hodges v. Hooper

Opinion of the Court

Beck, J.

1. Under the evidence in the record the court below was authorized to find that the acts of the defendant complained of amounted to a public nuisance, and there was no abuse of discretion in granting an injunction to restrain a continuance of the same.

2. A court of equity lias jurisdiction, at the instance of the solicitor-general, to restrain, by injunction, the continuance of a public nuisance. City Council v. Reynolds, 122 Ga. 754 (50 S. E. 998, 69 L. R. A. 564, 106 Am. St. R. 147).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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