Legal Opinion

Smeltzer v. Messer

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided December 9, 1949PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

This suit was brought by neighboring property owners for a mandatory injunction requiring appellees (husband and wife) to remove a dwelling house on their own property, because its type and size violated the provisions' of' a zoning ordinance of the City of Erlangen A general demurrer to plaintiffs’ petition was sustained and it was dismissed.

In 1947 the municipality enacted an ordinance restricting the use and regulating the capacity of structures erected in the area where appellees’ property is located. Erlanger is in Kenton County; the land which the ordinance…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
  2. Seligman v. BelknapCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
  3. District of Clifton v. CumminsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  4. Town of Elsmere v. TannerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Roberson v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  2. American Sign Corporation v. FowlerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
  3. Roberson v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1970

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