City of Gastonia v. Parrish

In order to prevail, plaintiff must first show that the zoning ordinance of 5 January 1965 was legally adopted by the Gastonia City Council and that it is valid. Taken in the light most favorable to it, it has offered evidence which tends to show:

That the ordinance (Plaintiff’s Exhibit A) was unanimously adopted by the Council 5 January 1965, which was later printed in book form and was certified by the City Clerk;

The ordinance made a map showing the zoned territory a part of it;

The above map has been lost and cannot, after due and diligent search, be found;

A map made by a tracing process…