BOWMAN v. CITY OF SOUTHFIELD

Calendar No. 48. Docket No. 50,695.

377 Mich. 237 (1966)

140 N.W.2d 504

BOWMAN v. CITY OF SOUTHFIELD.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided March 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Hayward, Rann & Slavens, for plaintiff.

James M. Ginn, for defendants.


SMITH, J. (for reversal).

Plaintiff sought and obtained judgment against defendant city and its officials declaring a zoning ordinance void and unenforceable, insofar as applied to plaintiff's property. Defendants appeal.

In 1959, the city adopted an ordinance which zoned plaintiff's property residential. Although the property is located in a residential area, plaintiff has used the property for commercial purposes since 1941.*

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