City of Anderson v. Associated Furniture & Appliances, Inc.

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellee has petitioned this Court to accept transfer of this case from the Court of Appeals. 398 N.E.2d 1321. We grant transfer, set aside the decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstate the decision of the trial court.

On January 24, 1977, Associated Furniture & Appliances, Inc. filed a petition with the Madison County Planning Commission for a change in a zoning ordinance which restricted the use of a piece of real estate owned by them. Specifically, Associated sought to rezone the parcel of property from a residential classification to a commercial classification.…