City of Columbus v. Becher

The bill of exceptions contains considerable testimony. It discloses that the defendant, Becher, is a doctor of veterinary medicine and since January 1, 1945, has been the proprietor and operator of a small-animal hospital where dogs are treated and which is located at the southwest corner of East-view Avenue and vest Fifth Avenue in the city of Columbus. *199This location on the zoning map of the city of Columbus is in a C-4 commercial area wherein small-animal hospitals are permitted.

At the trial the city produced some 12 witnesses, a number of them husbands and wives who resided in the…