Legal Opinion

A. N. "Ab" Young Co. Zoning Case

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 1948No. Appeal, 113PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearne,

The question raised by this appeal is whether a property owner has the right to obtain a permit for; the erection of a building where the location of the building on the lot complies with existing law but conflicts with the terms of a proposed [but later enacted] zoning ordinance.

The A. N. “Ab” Young Company, appellant, a Pennsylvania corporation, owned 15 lots of ground in Mt. Lebanon Township, Allegheny County, plotted on a recorded plan of lots. All the lots are included within District U-2 Class A of township ordinance No. 594. Such classification…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Brett v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  2. Spector v. Building InspectorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  3. City of Lansing v. DawleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Herskovits Et Ux. v. IrwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  5. Ventresca v. ExleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Lhormer v. BowenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  2. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Village of PalatineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1959
  3. Tremarco Corporation v. GarzioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
  4. A. J. Aberman, Inc. v. New KensingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Mutual Supply Company AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951

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