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· 6/4/1885

White v. Commonwealth ex rel. White

Citations

  • 110 Pa. 90
  • 1 A. 33
  • 1885 Pa. LEXIS 386

How courts have described this case

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  • forty-four years of municipal inaction, knowledge by zoning officials for twenty-seven years that use was impermissible, and issuance of building permit for impermissible use
  • variance by estoppel granted where borough failed to act for 44 years, knew the use was impermissible for 27 years, and issued a building permit for the impermissible use
  • variance by estoppel where borough knew the use was impermissible for 27 years but issued a building permit for the impermissible use
  • forty-four years of municipal inaction in enforcing ordinance, knowledge by various borough zoning officers for twenty-seven years that use was illegal and issuance of building permit found sufficient to create estoppel
  • variance by estoppel granted where the Borough failed to act for forty-four years, knew the use was impermissible for twenty-seven years, and issued a building permit for the impermissible use
  • variance by estoppel granted where borough failed to act for 44 years, knew the use was impermissible for 27 years, and issued a building permit for the impermissible use

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Judges: Clark, Gordon, Green, Merger, Paxson, Sterrett, Trenkey

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