Alderman v. Town of West Haven

The plaintiff was the owner of a piece of land on the southeast corner of Campbell Avenue and Center Street in the town of West Haven. The face of the building on Center Street was some distance back of the property line. The plaintiff desired to make alterations in the building which would bring its face on Center Street out to the property line. He applied to the building inspector for a permit, which was refused on the sole ground that building lines had been established upon Center Street at that point and that the alteration proposed would encroach beyond the building line. Thereupon,…