Legal Opinion

Putney v. Abington Township

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 29, 1954No. Appeal, 141PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is a zoning case. On September 11, 1952, the township commissioners of Abington Township, a first class township in Montgomery County, enacted Ordinance No. 700, amending the basic zoning ordinance of the township by changing the classification of approximately 51 acres of land owned by York Road Business Center, Inc. from residential to commercial. Thereafter, certain individuals and an organization known as the Rydal-Meadowbrook Civic Association filed a complaint to test the legality of the amendment in the Court of Quarter Sessions for Montgomery County pursuant to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Kline v. HarrisburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  2. Genkinger v. New CastleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. William Laubach & Sons v. EastonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  4. State Ex Rel. Fairmount Center Co. v. ArnoldOhio Supreme Court · 1941
  5. DeBlasiis v. Bartell & OlivetoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Cleaver v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  2. Mulac AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. In Re Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greenes AssociatesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Glorioso AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
  5. Heaton v. City of CharlotteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971

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