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SALYER v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 13452.

240 F.2d 891 (1957)

Lloyd P. SALYER and Lois Salyer, Appellants, v. Robert E. McLAUGHLIN, et al., as Members of the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mark P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellees. Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel at the time record was filed, and J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered appearances for appellees.

Before PRETTYMAN, BASTIAN, and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants (plaintiffs) are the owners of certain unimproved land in the District of Columbia in what is known as a residential "A" Restricted District, under which the land, at the time of the execution of the contract to purchase, was susceptible of division into lots for construction of single-family dwellings. Appellants had contracted to purchase the land on June 9, 1955, completing the purchase on October 12, 1955.

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