Tonroy v. City of Lubbock

PITTS, Chief Justice.

This suit involves the validity of an amendment to a zoning ordinance in the City of Lubbock which had a population of approximately 70,000. It is admitted that Lubbock is a home-rule municipal corporation with a valid basic zoning ordinance in so far as the original ordinance involved is concerned. The attack is made on the purported amendment thereto seeking to change the zone classification of a tract of-land approximately 418 feet square located in the said city from an “A” zone area to an “L” zone area.

Appellants, F. B. Tonroy, Carl A. Clark, E. L. Cook, T. J.…