Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 28, 1959No. Appeal, 165PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

One passing by plane over the area along the Roosevelt Boulevard in North Philadelphia, where it intersects with Hartel Street, might gain the impression he was looking upon a reproduction of the historical scene of Conestoga Wagons poised for their dash into the newly-opened Oklahoma Territory. A closer inspection would reveal, however, that the assumed pioneer wagons are in fact auto-trailers with protruding tongues ready to lick up the highway behind automobiles, to which they are babblingly attached for transportation of household goods, furniture and other…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gold v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gross v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  2. Champaine v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  3. State v. SmileyNebraska Supreme Court · 1967
  4. Suhy v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
  5. Brown v. Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1982

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