DeForest & Hotchkiss Co. v. Planning & Zoning Commission

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King, C. J.

These two cases were tried together. The first, hereinafter referred to as the appeal, was-an appeal by the plaintiff from the refusal of the-planning and zoning commission of Madison, hereinafter referred to as the commission, to change,, from a residential to an industrial zone, the portion of the plaintiff’s property which extends north from the railroad for a distance of 300 feet.

The second case, hereinafter referred to as the action, was a suit for a declaratory judgment which the plaintiff instituted several months after the-appeal, and during its pendency. The action was…