DePass v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG

Stukes, Chief Justice.

After the decision of Richards v. City of Columbia, 227 S. C. 538, 88 S. E. (2d) 683, the city council of Spartan-burg enacted a Substandard Housing Rehabilitation ordinance similar to that under attack in that case, omitting the provisions there adjudged to be invalid. Reference may be had to the cited decision for a better understanding of the case at bar, which concerns enforcement of the Spartanburg •ordinance.

Here plaintiff brought an action in equity, alleging:

The Urban Rehabilitation program is a “three-way deal’’ whereby (1) the owners of substandard houses are…