Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Wright

Opinion by

ESTES, C.

An ordinance of Altus, a city of the first class, made it unlawful for any person “to install, maintain, carry on, operate, or run an oil mill, tannery, cotton gin, steam laundry, machine shop, blacksmith shop, or filling station within 200 feet of any church building or schoolhouse” within the limits of said city, and declared the doing of the same “to be a nuisance and subject- to abatement upon suit by any cit> zen or organization affected thereby”.

The church building cost about $100,000, and is cn lots on Main street one block north of the public square and main…