DOWNING v. CITY OF JOPLIN

No. 46409.

312 S.W.2d 81 (1958)

George W. DOWNING and Frances Downing, Respondents, v. The CITY OF JOPLIN, Missouri, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

April 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loyd E. Roberts, Joplin, for appellant.

Roy Coyne, Jack Fleischaker, Joplin, for respondents.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

The City of Joplin, Missouri, has appealed from the judgment of the circuit court, rendered in respondents' suit for a declaratory judgment, which held inapplicable to respondents' property the classification of District "D" (Local Business District), as provided by the comprehensive zoning ordinance of the city, said judgment being based on the determination that "such restriction is unreasonable and constitutes a violation of the 14th Amendment...

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