Kohl v. Manning

Full title: KOHL et al. v. MANNING et al. (two cases)

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 31, 1968

160 S.E.2d 666 (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)

160 S.E.2d 666

Opinion

43347, 43393.

ARGUED JANUARY 11, 1968.

DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1968. REHEARING DENIED MARCH 14, 1968.

Certiorari. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Morgan.

Roy J. Leite, Jr., for appellants.

Davis Stringer, Robert H. Stringer, George P. Dillard, Herbert O. Edwards, for appellees.

EBERHARDT, Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for certiorari to review the action of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of DeKalb County in the adoption of an ordinance rezoning certain property. For prior appearances of this case on appeal, see Kohl v. Manning, 223 Ga. 755 ( 158 S.E.2d 375) and Kohl v. Manning, 223 Ga. 807 ( 158 S.E.2d 376). Held:

The adoption of a rezoning ordinance is a legislative action by the county governmental authorities, from which the writ of certiorari does not lie. Vulcan Materials Co. v. Griffith, 215 Ga. 811 ( 114 S.E.2d 29); Toomey v. Norwood Realty Co., 211 Ga. 814, 816 (1) ( 89 S.E.2d 265); Presnell v. McCollum, 112 Ga. App. 579 ( 145 S.E.2d 770).

Judgments affirmed. Felton, C. J., and Whitman, J., concur.

ARGUED JANUARY 11, 1968 — DECIDED JANUARY 31, 1968 — REHEARING DENIED MARCH 14, 1968 — CERT. APPLIED FOR.