Legal Opinion

Berkman v. Board of Appeals on Zoning

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided March 8, 1949PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas vacating the action of the board of appeals on zoning of the city of Bridgeport in varying the application of zoning regulations in order to permit the defendant Angelina Fico to resume the nonconforming use of premises owned by her. The plaintiffs are neighboring property owners, and the defendant most concerned is Mrs. Fico.

Mrs. Fico acquired the property known as 931 Madison Avenue in Bridgeport on January 15, 1941, and has ownéd it since that date. The plaintiff Berkman had conducted a liquor package store there for several…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Devaney v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
  2. Grady v. KatzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
  3. Prusik v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
  4. Piccolo v. Town of West HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
  5. Levine v. Zoning Board of Appeals of MeridenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kuehne v. Town CouncilSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1950
  2. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 35 v. Commission on Civil RightsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  3. Mitchell Land Co. v. Planning & Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  4. Schultz v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
  5. Mabank Corporation v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956

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