Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Laytart
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided February 19, 1998No. 96-SC-639-DGPublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE E. SITLINGER, Jr., Special Justice.
This is the second appeal 1 in a case in which appellee, Harry Laytart, seeks dam ages for abuse of process 2 arising out of a planning and zoning matter.
Harry Laytart was the owner of a tract of farm land in Bourbon County, Kentucky. In 1986, he entered into an agreement to sell a five-acre tract of his farm land to Woodford and Bonnie Jean Wilson. Laytart sought a determination from the Bourbon County Joint Planning Commission that this sale would not constitute a subdivision of land necessitating a zoning change from agricultural to residential, but…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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- Raine v. DrasinKentucky Supreme Court · 1981
- Bonnie Braes Farms, Inc. v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1980
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