Demarest v. Zoning Commission

The plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from a decision of the zoning commission of the town of Plainville under an act passed by the General Assembly at its last session. General Statutes, Sup. 1947, § 121i et seq. The trial court, on motion of the individual defendants, who appeared solely to contest the jurisdiction, erased the appeal on the ground that the act did not apply to these proceedings, which were begun before it took effect. The plaintiffs have appealed to this court.

The 1947 act begins with a provision that any town, city or borough may by vote of its legislative…