Menger v. Pass

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

The court below ruled that the erection and maintenance of an automobile tourist court — also known as a motel, automobile inn or camp — in a strictly residential area — which was unzoned and unrestricted— constituted a nuisance per se which was thereupon restrained. This appeal followed.

Charles M. Pass and Mary B., his wife, appellants, purchased on November 19, 1949, for $20,000, vacant land situate at the northeast corner of Front and Vaughn Streets in the City of Harrisburg. The premises extend northward along Front Street from Vaughn Street to the…