Barrington v. City of Sherman

LOONEY, Justice.

The parties will be referred to as in the court below. The events leading to the controversy, in short, are these: About five years before the City of Sherman adopted its general zoning ordinance, H. E. Bar-rington, plaintiff herein, established and had maintained, on his residence lot, a public garage for the repair of automobiles, employed several mechanics, and built up a valuable local patronage; and, as an incident, stored automobiles being repaired on his premises. The increase of business required more room for the storage of cars, but after the adoption of the original…