Ben Lomond, Inc. v. City of Idaho Falls

The city of Idaho Falls on October 18, 1962, annexed ten acres of land adjacent to its southern city limits. Prior to this date, the ten acres had been zoned for a residential shopping center by Bonneville County. This had been done pursuant to the grant of power given the county by I.C. § 31-3801 “for the purposes of promoting health, safety, morals and general welfare, to provide for orderly development *606of land and to protect property values.” The county approved a shopping center plan which was proposed by the president of appellant corporation while he still held individually an option…