Bayside Warehouse Co. v. City of Memphis

The City Council of the City of Memphis rezoned twenty-three acres of land owned by Bayside Warehouse Company from M-2 Industrial to C-3 Commercial. The owner petitioned the circuit court for common law writ of certiorari. The Trial Judge held the action of the City Council was without proper consideration of the present uses of the property; was arbitrary in nature, and unlawful.

The City on appeal attacks the holding of the Circuit Court, and also claims that court erred in receiving additional testimony at the hearing for certiorari.

The property in question is located on Mud Island at a…