Legal Opinion
Farnsworth v. Town of Windsor
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas
Decided June 20, 1963No. File No. 87314Published
1Opinion of the CourtLugg, J.
On November 4, 1959, the defendant zoning board of appeals of the town of Windsor granted the plaintiff Ronald L. Farnsworth a variance of $ 5.01 of the town zoning regulations to permit him to use leased premises in an agricultural zone as a go-kart raceway for a period of two years. In 1961, he applied for a continuance of the variance. It was denied on the ground that the operation constituted a public nuisance. The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, which dismissed the appeal. From that decision Farnsworth appealed to the Supreme Court of Errors, which sustained the ruling…
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