Casper Ex Rel. Residents of Warson View Subdivision v. Hetlage

DALTON, Judge.

This action involves the validity of an amendment to a Zoning Ordinance of St. Louis County. Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that St. Louis County Ordinance No. 1536 is null and void and they further ask for an injunction to prevent the real estate described in the Ordinance from being used for other than the residential purposes for which it was originally zoned. The trial court declared the Ordinance void, but denied injunctive relief against the issuance of building permits on the ground that the issue was moot.

The action was instituted September 1, 1959, in the…