Mossman v. City of Columbus

Plaintiffs-appellants Ernest A. and Elaine Mossman, husband and wife, challenge the district court’s affirmance of defendant-appellee City of Columbus’ refusal to permit the replacement of a mobile home. The issue raised by the Mossmans’ six assignments of error is whether by removing the original mobile home from their property they lost their right to continue the nonconforming use of their property as a mobile home site. We affirm.

The Mossmans purchased the property and original mobile home on May 21, 1977. This mobile home unit had existed on the property since the Mossmans’ predecessor…