COWLES v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


153 Conn. 116 (1965)

ALTON B. COWLES v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided October 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Gordon, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Eugene T. Kelly, with whom, on the brief, were Leon Podrove and William B. Collins, for the appellee (defendant Miller); with him also was Irving L. Aronson, for the appellee (named defendant).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, SHANNON and HOUSE, Js.


MURPHY, J.

Maxwell L. Miller conducts a retail drugstore in a business zone 1 in Manchester. The sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited in that zone. The defendant zoning board of appeals, on November 18, 1963, granted Miller's application for a variance to permit the retail sale of alcoholic liquor in his drugstore. The plaintiff, a nearby resident and taxpayer, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, which dismissed the appeal. This appeal followed.

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