Daniels v. City of Goose Creek

Thomas B. Daniels sued the City of Goose Creek and its council members (collectively referred to as “the City”) to enjoin the City from enforcing a change in the zoning of Daniels's property. Both sides moved for summary judgment. The trial court held that (1) Daniels had a vested right to the zoning as it existed when he purchased the property, (2) the City was estopped from arguing that the previous zoning was in error and from denying Daniels the right to use his property for commercial purposes, and (3) the restrictive covenants for the subdivision where Daniels’s property was located…