Plebst v. Barnwell Drilling Company

McCALEB, Justice.

This case, which reaches us on the appeals of the Police Jury of Caddo Parish and the plaintiffs in suit, involves primarily the constitutionality of Act 34 of 1954 insofar as It granted to Caddo Parish, through its Police Jury, planning and zoning authority relative to that part of the Parish outside of the City of Shreveport and within five miles of the city limits as they might exist from time to time. That Act gave similar comprehensive authority to the City of Shreveport to zone within its corporate limits and empowered the City and the Police Jury of the Parish to…