Harden v. City of Raleigh

At the special session of 1921 the General Assembly enacted a public-local law applicable to the counties of Buncombe and New Hanover, providing for the establishment of planning commissions in the cities and towns therein, and thereafter amended the act by including the county of Wake. P.-L. L., Ex. Ses. 1921, chaps. 169, 246. The powers thus conferred were enlarged and extended by a general law empowering cities and towns to adopt zoning and other regulations. Public Laws. 1923, ch. 250; 3 C. S., 2776 (r) et seq.

The plaintiff assailed these several acts and the ordinances adopted by the…