Carey v. Cassidy

This- bill in equity was brought by- the complainants to enjoin the respondents from converting a bam into four apartments in violation of the zoning ordinance of the city of Newport in this state. The cause was heard in the superior court on a demurrer to the ¿mended bill and it is now before us on complainants’ appeal from a decree sustaining the demurrer.

The bill alleges that the parties own adjacent parcels of real estate in a residential “C” district under the zoning-ordinance of that city; that respondents’ property is less than 20,000 square feet in area; that, according to the…