Goddard v. Stowers

YOUNG, Justice.

By Amendatory Ordinance No. 5760, of date April 7, 1953, the City of Dallas had changed the classification of the Stowers property (subject to a recognized nonconforming use) from residential to local retail; its validity being challenged by appellants in petition for injunction as unreasonable and arbitrary, having no relationship to public health, safety, convenience, or general welfare; in effect amounting to unjustifiable spot zoning. Upon hearing to the court, the measure was adjudged legal and valid; with denial of restraint and order that petitioners Goddard and Maxson…