Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Village of Briarcliff Manor

The petitioner, in this article 78 proceeding, seeks hereby to acquire the right to erect and maintain a high-tension overhead electric transmission line through a residence district in the village of Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. The proceeding is brought against the building inspector and the zoning board of appeals of the village, and others, to review, reverse and annul the decision of the board rendered April 11, 1955, denying to the petitioner a variance for the erection of the line, or, in the alternative, to secure an order in the nature of a mandamus order directing the respondents to…