Jackson v. Pottstown Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from an order entered below in a zoning case.1

This is the factual background:

Walter M. Detweiler and Vivian, his wife (Detweilers), operated a retail beer distributorship on King Street in Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County, prior to May 1965. Because of inadequate facilities, they sought a new location for the business and engaged Joseph Bishop, a real estate broker, to assist in locating a suitable site. He produced the property involved here, located at 757 Beech Street, Pottstown, which is situated in an R-3 Residential District…