Koestler v. Dallas Tank Co.

This suit originated before the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as a proceeding to re-zone certain property in the city situated one or two blocks west of Washington Street and a short distance north of the Mississippi River Bridge, so as to change that property from a white residential zone to an industrial zone. Washington Street, some distance north of the property in question, is the main business street of Vicksburg, and also carries U. S. Highways Nos. 61 and 80. Opposite the lands here involved, Washington Street is already zoned as commercial and…