# Scott v. Board of Adjustment

> Texas Supreme Court · June 29, 1966 · 9 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 509

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9768174

## Case

- **Full name:** James C. SCOTT Et Al., Petitioners, v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** Texas Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 29, 1966
- **Citations:** 9 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 509; 405 S.W.2d 55; 1966 Tex. LEXIS 304
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Griffin
- **Judges:** Greenhill, Griffin
- **Cited by:** 84 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that “[wjhere the statute requires that the person be interested, affected, or aggrieved, or (in the absence of a statute) where the common law rule requiring the showing of particular injury or damage is controlling, the plaintiff must allege and show how he has been …
- holding that “[w]ithin constitutional bounds, the Legislature may grant a right to a citizen or to a taxpayer to bring an action against a public body or a right of review on behalf of the public without proof of particular or pecuniary damage peculiar to the person bringing t…
- applying the "general rule" to taxpayers who brought a suit against the city and board of adjustment to restrain the maintenance of a large hotel sign authorized by the board as a variance under the city zoning ordinance
- recognizing plaintiff must plead injury or wrong as required by statute to establish statutory standing
- holding taxpayers had standing to bring injunction proceeding against city and other entities

## Opinion text

DISSENTING OPINION
GRIFFIN, Justice.
I respectfully dissent. I agree with the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals in this case. Courts are set up for the redress of wrong and to establish rights and not for the purpose of promoting lawsuits.

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