Coleman v. Estes

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree declaring certain lots owned by appellants, on which they operated a junk yard, to be subject to the city zoning law, exempting others as a “nonconforming use,” requiring the use of mosquito spray and the installation of certain sanitary measures.

The bill of complaint alleged that complainants lived in the neighborhood where respondents operated a junk yard on Lots 1 through 10 and 15 through 18 in Block 8 of the Survey of Rosemont in the City of Birmingham. It was alleged that the operation of the junk yard was a violation of zoning ordinances of…