Stuttgart Shoe Real Estate Corp. v. City of Stuttgart

Paul Ward, Justice.

This appeal involves the validity of Zoning Ordinance No. 615 passed in 1965 by the City Council of Stuttgart.

On July 26, 1965 Stuttgart Shoe Real Estate Corporation (appellant) filed suit in chancery court against the City and the Baldwin Oil Company, Inc. alleging, in substance, that the City acted arbitrarily in passing said ordinance which rezoned a parcel of land owned by Baldwin from B-2 classification to Industrial-1 classification, and which decreased the value of its property. The prayer was that the ordinance be declared “illegal and void,” and that the same be…