Legal Opinion

Shemwell v. Speck

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided February 26, 1954PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This is a zoning case.

In 1952, in connection with the adoption of a comprehensive zoning ordinance by the City of Paducah, a certain area in the city, containing some 100 blocks, was classified as an “R-2 One Family Zone,” in which only one-family residences and limited types of. multiple-family dwellings were permitted. On one edge of this zone, lying between Jackson and Ohio Streets, are three blocks which for convenience we will designate as Blocks 1-, 2 and 3. Block 1 lies to the west, and Block 3 to the east, of Block 2. Immediately’to the north of’these three…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Polk v. AxtonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1948
  2. Byrn v. Beechwood VillageCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
  3. City of Louisville v. Puritan Apartment Hotel Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pierson Trapp Company v. PeakCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
  2. Cianciarulo v. TarroSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1961
  3. Fritts v. City of AshlandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
  4. Taylor v. CoblinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
  5. Mathis v. HannanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957

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