Gannett v. Cook

— This is an appeal from a decision in a ease arising under the county zoning law, or chapter 358A, Code, 1950. This law, which was enacted in 1947, has not been involved in any prior appeal to this court. Before stating the facts of this case we think it desirable to give a brief résumé of the law involved.

The county zoning law is a grant of power to the board of supervisors of any county of not less than 60,000 inhabitants, to adopt regulations or ordinances applicable to lands located within the county but lying outside the corporate limits of any city or town, restricting said areas as to…