City of Blytheville v. Lewis

Minor W. Millwee, Justice.

Appellee, Mrs. Ñola A. Lewis, owns a lot at the southeast corner of Division and Walnut Streets in the City of Blytheville. She applied to the city engineer for a permit to construct a commercial building on the property in which she proposed to maintain a real estate office. A city ordinance defines the “residence district” as that portion of the city lying outside the “fire limits” and provides that it shall be unlawful to erect, for business purposes, any building in said district until a permit is secured by the procedure set forth in the ordinance. Acting under…