SHEPARD v. VILL. OF SKANEATELES


300 N.Y. 115 (1949)

Edward E. Shepard et al., Respondents, v. Village of Skaneateles et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 29, 1949


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin A. Weeks for appellants.

M. Harold Dwyer and James A. Martin for respondents.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE and BROMLEY, JJ., concur; LEWIS, J., taking no part.


FULD, J.

An amendment to a zoning ordinance of the Village of Skaneateles converted the area in which plaintiffs' property was located from mercantile to residential uses. Asserting that the change was unreasonable and confiscatory, plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment declaring that the amendment was unconstitutional and void. The court at Special Term, concluding that the ordinance as amended was valid,...

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