McWHORTER v. CITY OF WINNSBORO

No. 825.

525 S.W.2d 701 (1975)

Mrs. M. D. McWHORTER et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF WINNSBORO, Texas, et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied July 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paxton, Whitaker & Parsons, Melvin D. Whitaker, Frank B. Murchison, Palestine, for appellants.

Carlock & Taylor, Winnsboro, for appellee City of Winnsboro.

Roberts, Harbour, Smith, Harris, French & Ritter, Earl Roberts, Jr., Longview, for appellee Snider Industries, Inc.


DUNAGAN, Chief Justice.

This is a zoning case.

In 1965, the City of Winnsboro passed a comprehensive zoning law. In August, 1974, the City passed an amendatory zoning ordinance changing a R-900-F residential district to a B-2-F secondary highway business district. Mrs. M. D. McWhorter and others have brought suit asking that the ordinance be declared invalid and seeking a temporary injunction to prevent issuance of any building permits for the area. The trial...

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