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OXFORD GROUP-MORAL RE-ARMAMENT, MRA, INC. v. SWEET

309 N.Y. 744 (1955)

In the Matter of Oxford Group-Moral Re-Armament, MRA, Inc., Appellant, v. Hogarth S. Sweet et al., Constituting The Board of Review of the Town of New Castle, Respondents. In the Matter of Oxford Group-Moral Re-Armament, MRA, Inc., Appellant, v. Maynard Allen et al., Constituting The Board of Assessors of the Town of North Castle, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1955

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester D. Stickles, Joseph Scott and J. Francis Hayden for appellant.

Roderick B. Travis, Town Attorney, for Hogarth S. Sweet and others, respondents.

William Scott, II, for Maynard Allen and others, respondents.

Concur: CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ.

Orders of the Appellate Division reversed and those of Special Term reinstated, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Division, upon the ground that the weight of the evidence supports the findings of the Official Referee that the premises of the appellant in both towns are used exclusively for exempt purposes, but that appellant is not a "family" or a "church or other place of worship", so as to conform to the zoning ordinance of the Town of New Castle. We have considered...

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