38 S.E.2d 596 | Ga. | 1946
A petition for injunction based on a mere apprehension or speculation that an injury will occur, with nothing to show that the plaintiff has been or will in fact be injured, is properly dismissed on general demurrer.
In Rounsaville v. Kohlheim,
It is not charged that the defendant, City of Atlanta, has done any act to increase the amount of taxes to be paid by the plaintiff, and the allegations of his petition come within the rule that, "Equity will not entertain a petition to enjoin the enforcement of an alleged unconstitutional law, where the complainant does not show that such enforcement is attempted
against his personal or property rights." (Italics ours.) Plumb
v. Christie,
As applied to an act for the levy and collection of taxes, it was held in Standard Cigar Co. v. Doyal,
In this instance the allegations of the plaintiff's petition do not show either present injury, or such action by the defendant as *751 might result in injury. The plaintiff's case rests purely on speculation or apprehension that an injury may occur, and therefore he fails to present a cause for injunctive relief.
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.