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CITY OF ROME v. SHADYSIDE &c. GARDENS, INC.

36108.

93 Ga. App. 759 (1956)

92 S.E.2d 734

CITY OF ROME, &c., v. SHADYSIDE MEMORIAL GARDENS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace T. Clary, Parker, Clary, Kent & Grubbs, for plaintiff in error.

Wright, Rogers, Magruder & Hoyt, contra.

QUILLIAN, J.

The construction of a zoning ordinance, under the facts, is a question of law for the courts, and in construing same the cardinal rule is to ascertain and give effect to the intention of the lawmaking body. Zoning ordinances not only must be non-discriminatory and reasonable, but must be applied in a non-discriminatory and reasonable manner and are to be strictly construed in favor of the landowner. Moorehouse v. Hunt, 235 Wis. 358 (291 N. W. 745...

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