Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Hanover Service Station, Inc., Respondent, for a Certiorari Order against Harris H. Murdock, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of New York, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1940-02-19
Citations: 258 A.D. 1075
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Hanover Service Station, Inc., Respondent, for a Certiorari Order against Harris H. Murdock, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of New York, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 1075–1075

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Hanover Service Station, Inc., Respondent, for a Certiorari Order against Harris H. Murdock, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of New York, Appellants.

Opinion:
Appeal from order sustaining order of certiorari and annulling a determination of the board of standards and appeals of the city of New York, denying an application for a variance, and granting the same in respect of certain property in Queens county. Order reversed on the law, with fifty dollars costs and disbursements, petitioner's motion denied, respondents' motion granted, and petition dismissed. There was no showing before the board of any facts constituting practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship within the meaning of section 21 of the Building Zone Resolution and adjudications thereunder. Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Taylor, JJ., concur. '