Olsen v. City of Little Rock

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a suit by the appellants to compel the city of Little Rock to rezone their property at 401 West Eighteenth Street. The lot is now restricted to “C” Two-Family residential nse. The city’s administrative bodies denied the landowners’ application to have the lot reclassified to “D” Apartment use. This appeal is from a decree upholding the city’s decision.

In a case of this kind the chancellor should sustain the city’s action unless he finds it to be arbitrary. No matter which way the chancellor decides the question, we reverse his decree only if we find it to be…