Burne v. Kearney

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

James P. Burne and Mary Burne, his wife (appellants), own a dwelling house in Dunmore, Lackawanna County. Diagonally across the street from appellants’ property is a property owned by Frank H. Kearney, Mary Kearney and Thomas Kearney (appellees), which property is being used for funeral home purposes *31which use is advertised by an electrically illuminated business sign located in the front yard of the property.

Under a Dunmore zoning ordinance of 1942, the district in which both properties are located is designated as an “A” zone intended primarily for residential…