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Matter of Stillman v. Board of Standards and Appeals

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 27, 1928
247 N.Y. 599 (N.Y. 1928)

Summary

In Matter of Stillman v. Board of Standards Appeals (222 A.D. 19; affd., 247 N.Y. 599) the court said: "The board seems to have assumed that this modification of the zoning resolution for the benefit of a single property owner could be made because it was advantageous to the particular owner.

Summary of this case from Finn v. Board of Standards & Appeals

Opinion

Argued February 21, 1928

Decided March 27, 1928

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

George P. Nicholson, Corporation Counsel ( Elliot S. Benedict, J. Joseph Lilly and William T. Kennedy of counsel), for Board of Standards and Appeals, appellant.

Charles L. Craig for Fortieth Street and Park Avenue, Inc., appellant. E. De T. Bechtel for Joseph F. Stillman et al., respondents.

Kenneth M. Spence for Austin G. Fox, respondent.

M.G. Holstein for 104 East Fortieth Corporation, respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, ANDREWS, LEHMAN, KELLOGG and O'BRIEN, JJ.


Summaries of

Matter of Stillman v. Board of Standards and Appeals

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Mar 27, 1928
247 N.Y. 599 (N.Y. 1928)

In Matter of Stillman v. Board of Standards Appeals (222 A.D. 19; affd., 247 N.Y. 599) the court said: "The board seems to have assumed that this modification of the zoning resolution for the benefit of a single property owner could be made because it was advantageous to the particular owner.

Summary of this case from Finn v. Board of Standards & Appeals
Case details for

Matter of Stillman v. Board of Standards and Appeals

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOSEPH F. STILLMAN et al., Respondents, against THE BOARD…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Mar 27, 1928

Citations

247 N.Y. 599 (N.Y. 1928)
161 N.E. 197

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