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LEWIS v. CITY OF JACKSON

No. 43841.

184 So.2d 384 (1966)

Mrs. Myra LEWIS et al. v. CITY OF JACKSON and Colonial Country Club, Inc.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 21, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Franck, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, for appellants.

Wells, Thomas & Wells, E.W. Stennett, Alex A. Alston, Jr., Roland D. Marble, Jackson, for appellees.

INZER, Justice:

This is a zoning case. The principal question to be determined is the validity of an ordinance of the City of Jackson which amended its zoning ordinance so as to rezone 8.93 acres of land owned by the Colonial Country Club, Inc. from A-1 residential to commercial. We hold that the action of the City Council under the facts and circumstances of this case was unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious, and for that reason, the ordinance is invalid.

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