MATTER OF FULLING v. Palumbo

Appellants are the contract vendors and vendees of a 9,500 square foot vacant lot, Lot 31, in a developed section of Bronxville. The vendors previously purchased and resided upon one of the two adjoining improved lots, Lot 33, also a 9,500 square foot parcel. Hence the lots were bought at different times. The vacant property was purchased in 1948 and apparently the two were never used and occupied as a single unit (a fence separated them). Both lots were fully conforming building lots until 1938 when the area was rezoned to require 10,000 square feet per parcel. However, both parcels were…