Kuehne v. Town of East Hartford
Connecticut Supreme Court
72 A.2d 474 (1950)
- Written by Galina Abdel Aziz , JD
Facts
Wilfred Langlois owned a piece of land on the east side of Main Street in the town of East Hartford, Connecticut (the town) (defendant). Langlois applied to the town council to change the zoning of a small portion of his land from residential to business. Langlois intended to build six to eight retail and small-business stores to serve the needs of nearby residents. There were already two small business districts near Langlois’s land. Fifty-one residents, none of whom owned property near Langlois’s land, submitted a petition to the council in support of Langlois’s application. However, the zoning map suggested that the most of the 51 residents had easier access to the two existing business districts than to Langlois’s land. Meanwhile, the owner of the property directly opposite Langlois’s land and two other nearby property owners opposed Langlois’s application. The town council approved the application, and the opponents of the application appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Maltbie, C.J.)
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