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FLORAL HILLS MEMORY GARDENS v. ROBB

26392, 26393.

227 Ga. 470 (1971)

181 S.E.2d 373

FLORAL HILLS MEMORY GARDENS, INC. v. ROBB. FLORAL HILLS MEMORY GARDENS, INC. v. CARSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Carley, for appellant.

Hugh H. Howell, Jr., for appellees.

NICHOLS, Justice.

1. "When a tract of land has been dedicated as a cemetery, it is perpetually devoted to burial of the dead and may not be appropriated to any other purpose." 10 AmJur 491, § 8, quoted approvingly in Haslerig v. Watson, 205 Ga. 668, 683 (54 S.E.2d 413), and again in City of Atlanta v. Crest Lawn &c. Corp., 218 Ga. 497, 502 (128 S.E.2d 722). The appellant concedes...

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