Legal Opinion
People v. Kelly
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 10, 1931PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The defendant is the owner of 320 West Seventy-eighth street in Manhattan, New York city, a private dwelling house of four stories. He has been convicted in the Court of Special Sessions (Municipal Term) of violating the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of article II of the Building Zone Resolution adopted by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. His house, located in a residence district, was used for music studios contrary, as it has been held, to this zoning law.
Kelly is a professional singer, giving singing lessons or, as he describes it, “ giving suggestions or ideas to performers as to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
3Cited by17 opinions
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