Legal Opinion
Chapman v. City of Troy
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 13, 1941No. 4 Div. 189PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOULDIN, Justice.
In 1936, the City Council of the City of Troy, a city of more than seven thousand inhabitants, passed an ordinance to create a zone or district for residential purposes only. The ordinance clearly fixed and defined the boundaries of this district; and penalized the erection or use of any building within such district for business, commercial or industrial purposes.
In 1940, appellant purchased a corner lot located within this district with a view to the erection and operation of a filling station thereon. Favorably located as a site for this business, application was made in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Leary v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- People ex rel. Friend v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1913
- City of Youngstown v. Kahn Bros. Building Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1925
- St. Louis v. DorrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Weaver v. HamTexas Supreme Court · 1950
- Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
- Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
- Marshall v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Pitman v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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