Board of Adjustment of San Antonio v. Leon

CADENA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment setting aside the grant of a special exception by the Board of Adjustment of the City of San Antonio, permitting St. Brigid’s Catholic Church to use land in an “R-l” residential zone as a non-profit ball park and practice field.

Appellees Robert L. Leon and wife, Lee Leon, sought relief in the district court from the action of the Board by writ of certiorari. Appellees Kenneth Kidd and wife, Mary Kidd, intervened. Both the Leons and the Kidds filed motions for summary judgment which were granted by the trial court. The summary…