Legal Opinion
Texas Consol. Theatres, Inc. v. Pittillo
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided June 5, 1947No. 2711PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALE, Justice.
This proceeding arose under the provisions of a comprehensive zoning ordinance duly adopted by the City of Waco pursuant to an act of the 40th Legislature, ch. 283, being Arts. 1011a to 1011 j, inclusive, of Vernon’s Tex.Civ.Stats. The controlling question presented on the appeal is whether the board of adjustment provided for in the ordinance was thereby legally authorized in the exercise of its discretionary powers to permit the operation of an automobile parking lot within a first residential district of the City.
By the terms of the ordinance the territorial area within the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Spann v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1921
- Lombardo v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- City of San Angelo v. Boehme BakeryTexas Supreme Court · 1945
- Lee v. . Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- MODDY v. City of University ParkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- Nelson v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- Swain v. Board of Adjustment of City of Univ. ParkCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- In Re the Application of Emmett S. Hickman Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Southern National Bank of Houston v. City of AustinCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1979
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