Legal Opinion
Libby v. Board of Zoning Appeals
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 6, 1955PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Sullivan, J.
The appeal before us is one taken from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas by the named defendant, to be called the board, and by the other two defendants, M. J. Carl Allinson and Elizabeth M. Allinson. By virtue of that judgment, the court sustained an appeal by the plaintiffs from the action of the board in granting to the Allinsons a variance permitting them to convert their home from a one-family to a two-family house.
The following facts were available to the board: In 1948 the Allinsons bought the property known as 133 West Park Avenue, New Haven, for $23,000. It consists of a lot…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strain v. MimsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Thayer v. Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Devaney v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Grady v. KatzSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Watson v. HowardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Grillo v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Dooley v. Town Plan & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
- Ward v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
- Deardorf v. Board of Adjustment of Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1962
- Dolan v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
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