Legal Opinion

Upper Darby Township Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 8, 1958No. Appeal, 76PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

In the year 1912 there rose on a lot at 336 Shade-land Avenue in Drexel Hill, Delaware County, a modest one story office building with a 30-foot front and a 28-foot depth. It was first and throughout its history mostly used as a real estate office, but at different times it lent itself to a dentist, a doctor, a medical laboratory, a sporting goods business organization, and a steel company firm. From 1939 to 1944, because of housing shortage due to the war, it was occupied as a residence. No one has taken the trouble to record what happened to it between 1915…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Haller Baking Company's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Williams AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Corr v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905

3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Hanna v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Silver v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  3. Frost v. LuceySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
  4. Township of Chartiers v. William H. Martin, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Pappas v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991

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