Legal Opinion

City of Yonkers v. Rentways, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 5, 1952PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.

The present action was brought by the City of Yonkers to restrain and enjoin defendants, owners and lessees of a garage, from using residential land in asserted violation of a Building Zone Ordinance enacted by the city in 1928 (General Ordinance No. 11 —1928). The garage is located in a business district, on Lot 46 which faces Riverdale Avenue. Immediately to the rear of Lot 46 is a vacant and unimproved parcel of land which extends to Livingston Avenue, a street that parallels Riverdale Avenue. This latter parcel, Lot 20, is in a residential zone, and, indeed, has been in such a zone since…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Arverne Bay Construction Co. v. ThatcherNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  2. Matter of 440 E. 102nd St. Corp. v. MurdockNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
  3. Town of Brookline v. Co-Ray Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  4. Rollins v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  5. Matter of Rosenbush v. KellerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Parkview Associates v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  2. Bianco v. Town of DarienSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
  3. LaTrieste Restaurant & Cabaret Inc. v. Village of Port ChesterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  4. Rush v. City of GreenvilleSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1965
  5. Town of Wallingford v. RobertsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958

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