CITY OF HATTIESBURG, MISS. v. Pittman

This is an appeal by the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Mrs. Myrtle G. "Williams and W. J. Stokes from an order and final judgment of the Circuit Court of Forrest County reversing an order of the City Council whereby the Council refused to zone the property of appellees as commercial property.

The property in question consists of nine lots in Block 5 of the Hattiesburg Heights Fourth Survey of the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, less portions of said lots which have heretofore been conveyed to the Mississippi State Highway Commission. A hearing on the petition for rezoning the lots…