Board of Zoning Appeals, Etc. v. Waskelo

This case was filed in the Appellate Court on August 16, 1957, and was transferred to this court on December 7, 1959, pursuant to the provisions of Acts 1901, ch. 247, §13, p. 565, being §4-217, Burns' 1946 Replacement.

In the summer of 1955, appellee, Matthew J. Waskelo; hereinafter referred to as “appellee,” purchased a corner lot 100 feet wide by 142 feet deep in the City of Hammond, Indiana, in a district zoned for “ ‘A’ Residence” and requiring that each lot have a minimum area of 6,000 square feet, and a minimum lot width of 50 feet. At the time the corner lot was purchased by appellee…