Thompson v. City of Palestine

DANIEL, Justice.

Petitioners are neighborhood property owners who appeal from judgments in favor of the City of Palestine upholding the validity of an (amendatory zoning ordi-nance3 As plaintiffs below, Harry L. Thompson, et al, sought to have the City’s Ordinance No. 36-72, declared void and to enjoin its enforcement on the grounds that its attempted rezoning of a 4.1 acre tract |within an area previously zoned for residential purposes amounted to proscribed spot zoning. 3 The owner of the tract, and holders of an option to purchase it, intervened as defendants and sought to uphold the…