Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Presbytery Homes, Inc. v. Abington Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 9, 1970No. Appeal, 228PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Pomeroy,
On May 22, 1968, appellee, Philadelphia Presbytery Homes, Inc., filed an application with Abington Township, in accordance with the provisions of the Abington Township Zoning Ordinance, to have the zoning classification of a fourteen acre tract of land in the Township owned by it changed from “V” Besidential to “AO” Apartment Office, thereby permitting appellee to erect upon the tract a facility for the housing of elderly and retired people. A public hearing was held upon this application on September 19, 1968, at which Mr. and Mrs. William C. Adamson, owners of…
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