Ott v. Johnson

On Petition to Transfer

Givan, C.J.

This case is before this Court on Appellants’ (Plaintiffs below) petition to transfer.

The Court of Appeals, Third District, affirmed the action of the trial court in granting judgment for the Appellees (Defendants below).

Upon facts stipulated, we grant transfer and reverse the trial court.

This case involves Town Ordinance No. 114, adopted in 1967 by the Town of Pierceton, Indiana. The Ordinance prohibited as a public nuisance the placing, locating or erecting of a mobile home within the corporate limits of Pierceton, except in trailer courts approved by the…