In Re Markham

The question presented by respondents’ appeal, as stated in the briefs, is this: “May a decision of the Durham City Council, reached after public hearing in accordance with the zoning lordinances and statutes, not to amend its existing zoning ordinance so as to change certain property located in Residence and Apartment Residence Zones to a Commercial Business Zone, be reviewed directly iby the Superior Court by means of Certiorari directed to the City Council, in the absence of statutory provision for such procedure?”

“At common law and under the practice in most jurisdictions, the writ of…