City of Little Rock v. Bentley

Appellee owns two lots at the' southwest corner of Markham and Johnson streets in the city of Little Rock. In March, 1937, after she had acquired one of the lots and shortly before she acquired the other, the city passed ordinance No. 5420 (a zoning ordinance). At the time she acquired these properties there was a residence on each of the lots. A map attached to the zoning ordinance placed the property in the “B” one-family district, the effect of which classification was to forbid the use of the property for business or commercial purposes.

Appellee applied for a permit to construct a store…