City of Guntersville v. Walls

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

The city of Guntersville, a municipal .corporation organized under the laws of the state of Alabama, instituted this suit in the Circuit Court, in Equity, of Marshall County, seeking an injunction restraining Oliver J. Walls from violating Zoning Ordinance No. 231 of said city. The alleged violation was that Walls began the erection and construction of a building in which he proposed to operate a corn sheller, without having first filed an application for, and obtained, a zoning building permit as required by said ordinance.

The bill was sworn to. Respondent interposed…