Herskovits Et Ux. v. Irwin

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Moschzisker,

This case involves the right of a property owner to obtain a permit for the erection of a building where the specifications comply with existing law but conflict with the terms of a proposed zoning ordinance.

Bernath Herskovits and wife owned a lot in the Township of Mount Lebanon, which they purchased as the site for an apartment house. On June 26, 1929, they made application to the township building inspector for a permit to construct a six-story apartment building, submitting plans which, so far as the matters covered by them went, complied with the…