Lamb v. City of Monroe

In one aspect this zoning case is the reverse of" that normally coming to us. Usually a “lower” use seeks to invade the' area of a “higher” úse. The "filling station sought to be erected, in a one-family residential zone is an example. But here the community seeks to exclude residences from one area zoned industrial and commercial.

Most of the facts are stipulated: The problem is primarily legal. The plaintiff is the owner of 124 lots in Harborview subdivision. These lots he purchased from the United States government. They were used during the last war, and through 1953, as a site for…