Legal Opinion
Gillette v. Tyson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 6, 1929No. 3 Div. 880PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
Section 1878 of the Code grants authority to municipal corporations to create districts or zones within its limits for business, industrial, and residential purposes.
Section 1879 provides for the manner of the adoption of such zoning ordinances, and requires a publication of the proposed ordinance at least fifteen days in advance of its passage.
Such an ordinance was duly adopted for the city of Montgomery. One provision of the ordinance prohibits the use of a filling station within the A. residential district, unless, among other things, there is given the unanimous consent of the owners of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- 1st Avenue Coal & Lumber Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
- Higgins v. BlochSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
- McPherson v. First Presbyterian Church of WoodwardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- Longshore v. City of MontgomeryAlabama Court of Appeals · 1928
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Leary v. AdamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Continental Oil Co. v. City of Twin FallsIdaho Supreme Court · 1930
- Lauderdale County Board of Education v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
- Marshall v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- White v. Luquire Funeral HomeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
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