Roock v. Womer

The Building Zone Ordinance of the city of Syracuse provides that a building on the northwest corner of Warner and Webster avenues in that city shall have a “ set-back ” from the Warner avenue street line of at least sixteen and forty-eight one-hundredths feet. Defendant obtained a permit and proceeded to dig a cellar and build a house on this corner having a “ set-back ” of only eight and thirty-six one-hundredths feet from Warner avenue. Plaintiff Roock owns a house and lot seventy feet west of defendant’s premises on the north side of this avenue, and plaintiffs Kaufmann own the premises…