Neustadt v. Zoning Commission of Sherman

This is an action brought by the plaintiffs, landowners and developers, seeking to have declared invalid, as unreasonable and discriminatory, the defendants’ zoning classification of the plaintiffs’ land adjacent to Emerald Lake, in Sherman.

The plaintiffs demurred to a special defense in the answer which pleaded, in effect, that the plaintiffs asked for, and agreed to, the zoning regulations complained of at the time of their original adoption in 1946; that such regulations, as far as the plaintiffs’ land is concerned, have remained unchanged ever since; and, so, that the plaintiffs (1) have…