Walls v. City of Guntersville

SIMPSON, Justice.

Appeal from a final decree enjoining the violation of a comprensive zoning ordinance of the City of Guntersville, Alabama.

The contest by appellant, in effect, is a challenge to the validity of the ordinance. The primary contention of the appellant is that the ordinance is an unlawful delegation of power and violates federal due process and the mandates of equal protection enjoined by the Fourteenth Amendment. A subsidiary question, which we will dispose of first, relates to the admissibility of the ordinance on technical grounds.

The scope of the inquiry is limited to a…