KILLEGREW v. CITY OF GULFPORT

No. 47492.

293 So.2d 21 (1974)

James P. KILLEGREW v. CITY OF GULFPORT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gillespie & Lenoir, Desmond M. Graham, Jr., Gulfport, for appellant.

W. Rayford Jones, Robert C. Galloway, Gulfport, for appellee.


BROOM, Justice:

Appellant sought to have rezoned his land within the city of Gulfport from residential to commercial "B". The city council refused to rezone upon conflicting evidence as to whether or not the original ordinance was passed by mistake, or there had been such a material change in the character of the neighborhood as to mandate rezoning.

One who attacks a zoning ordinance has the burden of proof, and must...

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