Case Name: ANTHONY v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1940-09-26
Citations: 190 Ga. 841
Docket Number: No. 13510
Parties: ANTHONY v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, P. J., who dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 190
Pages: 841–842

Head Matter:
ANTHONY v. CITY OF ATLANTA et al.
No. 13510.
September 26, 1940.
Morgan Belser and Philip Btheridge, for plaintiff.
Bertram 8. Boley, for persons at interest.
J. O. Savage, B. L. Sterne, J. C. Murphy, and F. A. Hooper Jr., for defendants.

Opinion:
G-ricb, Justice.
An equitable petition was brought by B. Anthony, the owner and operator of a beauty-shop known as Anthony Permanent Waving Salon, against the City of Atlanta et al., seeking to enjoin enforcement of the penal provisions of an ordinance fixing hours of work and minimum prices to be charged by operators of such beauty-shops for specified services, and to enjoin threatened criminal prosecutions for violations thereof. There appears to be nothing alleged which takes the case out of the general rule that courts of equity will not enjoin a criminal prosecution. The judg,ment sustaining, .the demurrer to the petition is affirmed. See Powell v. Hartsfield, 190 Ga. 839.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur, except Atkinson, P. J., who dissents.