Legal Opinion
Allen v. Axford
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided November 7, 1969No. 6 Div. 516PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
In the proceedings below the complainants, appellees here, filed a bill in equity seeking a declaratory judgment as to the validity of an ordinance passed by the council of the City of Birmingham. The effect of the ordinance in question, No. 398-G, was to amend the zoning ordinance of the City of Birmingham so as to change the classification of two lots from Class R-6 (residential) to Class B-2 (business).
The lots in question are contiguous, and face Montclair Avenue on the north. Orig*254inally they were parts of different subdivisions which had been mapped and platted, and the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. WoodwardSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Waters v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- McMahon v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1885
- Coleman v. EstesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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3Cited by35 opinions
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