Barkmann v. Town of Hempstead

Action for a permanent injunction restraining defendants from enforcing a section of the building zone ordinance of the town of Hempstead insofar as it prohibits the harboring of pigeons upon the property of plaintiffs. Judgment declaring the ordinance void and unenforcible so far as it affects plaintiffs, and restraining the enforcement of said ordinance, reversed on the law, without costs, and the complaint dismissed on the law, without costs. The findings of fact have been considered and are not approved. Zoning ordinances have for their purpose the regulation and restriction of uses of…