HUMPHREYS et al. v. STUART REALTY CORP.


364 Pa. 616 (1950)

Humphreys et al. v. Stuart Realty Corporation et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 22, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Zion, with him Leonard Green, for appellants.

George T. Steeley, for appellees.

G. Coe Farrier, Senior Assistant City Solicitor, with him Frank F. Truscott, City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, intervening appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and BELL, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, May 22, 1950:

The question here is in regard to the extent of the permissible enlargement of a non-conforming use under a zoning ordinance.

Under authority of the Act of May 6, 1929, P.L. 1551, the City of Philadelphia enacted an ordinance of August 10, 1933 which provided that no building should be erected or altered with respect to height and area for any use in any district unless and until a zoning permit had been obtained...

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