Legal Opinion

Young v. Board of Adjustment of Wilkinsburg Borough

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 27, 1944No. Appeal, 101PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Plaintiff property owners, who are the appellants, charge in their bill that the Board of Adjustment granted a permit authorizing the conversion of a house from a one-family into a four-family dwelling in violation of the zoning ordinance; that the Board acted without a meeting, without a hearing, without keeping records, without giving “public notice” and without giving “due notice” and “. . . without proceeding in a proper legal manner as required by the General Borough Act,” and that no “. . . decision within the terms and meaning of the General Borough Act, or…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Taylor v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Minerd v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  3. Colteryahn Sanitary Dairy v. Milk Control CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. White v. Old York Road Country ClubSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
  5. Bowman v. Gum, IncorporatedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Vogt v. Port Vue BoroughSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
  2. Blank v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  3. Three Rivers Youth v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  4. Wynnewood Civic Ass'n v. Lower Merion TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. In re LeopardiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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