Town of Scranton v. Willoughby

This appeal is from an action seeking a mandatory injunction requiring removal of a mobile home from an area not zoned for mobile home use. We reverse and remand.

The Town of Scranton enacted a comprehensive zoning ordinance, for the purpose of promoting the health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the community. As a part of the Town’s zoning ordinance, all mobile homes are required to be placed in a designated mobile home district. Respondent, Amar Willoughby, set up his mobile home in an area not zoned for mobile home use, after which the Town sought the mandatory injunction. The…