Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Clairton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Chidsey,

This appeal, brought under the Act of March 5, 1925, P. L. 23; 12 PS §672, questions the jurisdiction *3of a court of equity to entertain a bill praying that the enforcement of a Zoning Ordinance be restrained.

The plaintiff, Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Company, has 18 signboards -which were erected on properties within the defendant third class city prior to the enactment of the Zoning Ordinance. Section 1507-2-7(a) of Zoning Ordinance 654 of the City of Clair-ton, enacted July 21, 1948, provides: “Name plates, signs and signboards bearing other than the name of…