City of Dallas v. Turtle Creek Manor, Inc.

CORNELIUS, Justice.

Appellant City of Dallas brought this action to enjoin Turtle Creek Manor, Inc., appellee, from violating the City’s comprehensive zoning ordinance. The City alleged that appellee was operating an establishment for the treatment of alcoholic, narcotic or psychiatric patients at 2707 Routh Street in Dallas where such use was prohibited by the ordinance. Appellee contended that it only operated a lodging and boarding house at 2707 Routh Street, and further that the City was precluded by estoppel or *385res judicata from maintaining its suit because it had issued appellee a…