State Ex Rel. Harris v. Zoning Board of Appeal and Adjustment

HAMITER, Justice.'

Leonhardt Brothers, a copartnership composed of Robert C. Leonhardt and Alex F. Leonhardt, is appealing from a judgment of the district court annulling and vacating a resolution of the Zoning Board of Appeal and Adjustment of the City of New Orleans, adopted November 2, 1949, which authorized the partnership to use for certain commercial purposes its property known as 3205 Belfort Avenue and situated in a district of New Orleans zoned as “A” Residential.

Section 29 of Article 14 of the Constitution of 1921 grants authority to municipalities “to zone their territory; to'…