Mainster v. West Bloomfield Township

Before the present action was commenced, plaintiffs had sought to have their property in West Bloomfield Township rezoned from R-15, residential, to 0-1, office buildings. This change in zoning was desired because plaintiff Harris W. Mainster, a doctor, had offered to purchase the property, subject to rezoning, for use as an office or clinic. The defendant township’s board, however, denied this request. The plaintiffs then brought the present action to challenge the validity of defendant’s zoning ordinances as they were applied to plaintiffs’ property. At the close of plaintiffs’ proofs, the…