WOODFORD v. ZONING COMMISSION


147 Conn. 30 (1959)

FRANCIS B. WOODFORD v. ZONING COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF RIDGEFIELD ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 1, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Keogh, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was H. Murray Robinson, for the appellants (defendants Durant et al.).

W. Bradley Morehouse, for the appellee (plaintiff).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, JS.


KING, J.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Common Pleas sustaining an appeal from the action of the zoning commission of Ridgefield in enlarging a business zone to include properties of the defendants Durant and Rogers at the southeast corner of Main and Governor Streets.

The zoning commission, as a collective body, gave no reason for its action. Under the provisions of § 8-3 of the General Statutes, the commission is required to "state...

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