Singer v. Davenport

The case before us presents an issue well-known across America, namely, the extent to which a community may regulate and control new housing developments. Our Court, however, has never addressed this issue since the regulation and control of new housing developments is a relatively recent problem in West Virginia. The appellees, plaintiffs below, owners of a piece of real estate near Charles Town, West Virginia, prepared a plan for residential development of their property. They applied to the Jefferson County Planning Commission, the appellants and defendants below, for the approval of their…