ARCHER v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT

No. 41806.

77 So.2d 517 (1955)

226 La. 867

O. L. ARCHER et al. v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 10, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson, Mayer & Kennedy, Comegys & Harrison, Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William L. Murdock, City Atty., Wilkinson, Lewis & Wilkinson, James J. Butler, Shreveport, for intervenors-appellees.


HAMITER, Justice.

Appellees have moved to dismiss this appeal. However, the motion, grounded on the assertion that the controversy is now moot, lacks merit and cannot be sustained.

Through the adoption on May 26, 1953 of a zoning ordinance (No. 49), purportedly amending Ordinance No. 80 of 1948, the Council of the City of Shreveport sought to change the classification, from "A-1 Family Residence" to "D-Neighborhood Commercial District", of property owned by...

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