Skinner v. Reed

LONG, Justice.

James Skinner brought this suit against Caleb Reed and wife, asking that an ordinance passed by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Abilene be declared invalid and in all things set aside. As grounds therefor, Skinner alleged that the City of Abilene passed an ordinance in 1946 which zoned all property then in the city limits and gave to the property in question a “B” zone; that thereafter, on September 4, 1953, the Board passed an amendatory ordinance changing the classification of said property from “B”, which permitted only two-family residences, to “F” which per mitted…