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STATE EX REL. COVENANT H. BIBLE CAMP v. STEINKE

7 Wis.2d 275 (1959)

STATE EX REL. COVENANT HARBOR BIBLE CAMP, Appellant, v. STEINKE, Building Inspector, and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 5, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Rieser, Stafford, Lesselyoung & Rosenbaum of Madison, and oral argument by Nicholas J. Lesselyoung and Willard S. Stafford.

For the respondents there was a brief and oral argument by Hugh L. Burdick of Lake Geneva, attorney, and J. Arthur Moran of Delavan of counsel.

FAIRCHILD, J.

The parties agree that relator's use of its premises for a bible camp is nonconforming. Respondents take the position that this use has been nonconforming ever since ordinance No. 237 was enacted in 1949. Relator apparently takes the position that this use conformed to the ordinance until ordinance No. 265 was enacted in 1953, removing certain enumerated uses from the list of uses permitted in the district in which relator's property is located. Since...

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