Legal Opinion
Murphy, Inc. v. Town of Westport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 8, 1944PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The named plaintiff is a corporation engaged in the business of outdoor advertising, and the other plaintiff, Backiel, is the owner of land in the defendant town which the corporation had leased and upon which it proposed to erect a billboard. The town has adopted a zoning ordinance and the land leased to the plaintiff is in a “business district” as defined in it. The plaintiffs brought the action to restrain the defendants from enforcing a provision in the ordinance forbidding in a business zone such a billboard as the corporation proposes to construct, and to compel the issuance of a…
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3Cited by82 opinions
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