Legal Opinion
Louisville & Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment v. Joseph C. Hofgesang Sand Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1981PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Justice.
This case involves the forfeiture of a bond given by Joseph C. Hofgesang Sand Company, Inc., (hereinafter Hofgesang) to the Louisville and Jefferson County Board of Zoning Adjustment, (hereinafter Board). The principal issue on appeal is whether the sum of $120,000 stipulated in the bond is recoverable in its full amount, or whether the Planning and Zoning Commission is entitled only to its actual damages.
The execution of the bond by Hofgesang, in 1967, was one of several conditions imposed by the Board for the issuance of a conditional-use permit to Hofgesang for the…
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