City of Batesville v. Grace

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal relates to the rezoning of two tracts of iand located on Highway 167 in Batesville; the tracts are contiguous, one belonging to appellee Preston Grace (hereafter referred to as the “Ball tract”), and the other belonging to Grace and appellees Highsmith and Rogers (hereafter called the “Highsmith tract”). Appellants, the City of Batesville, and 23 homeowners living near the tracts (who intervened), contend that the chancellor erred in finding that the action of the City of Batesville in denying the C-1A classification to the subject tracts was…