Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Herman F. Dienst, as Executor, etc., of Anna E. Dienst, Deceased, and Herman F. Dienst and Louis J. Dienst, Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against George V. Briante, Building Inspector of the Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1939-02-28
Citations: 256 A.D. 952
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Herman F. Dienst, as Executor, etc., of Anna E. Dienst, Deceased, and Herman F. Dienst and Louis J. Dienst, Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against George V. Briante, Building Inspector of the Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 256
Pages: 952–952

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of Herman F. Dienst, as Executor, etc., of Anna E. Dienst, Deceased, and Herman F. Dienst and Louis J. Dienst, Respondents, for a Mandamus Order against George V. Briante, Building Inspector of the Town of Eastchester, Westchester County, State of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
— The petitioners brought this proceeding, in the nature of mandamus, to compel the issuance by the building inspector of a permit to erect a gasoline station on their property on the ground that a zoning ordinance of the town was arbitrary, unreasonable and void. The matter went to a hearing before an official referee, who made findings that the ordinance, in so far as it related to this property, was arbitrary, unreasonable, discriminatory, confiscatory and illegal, and granted an order directing the issuance of such certificate. The proceeding presented very largely questions of iact. Order unanimously affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. No opinion. Present — Hagarty, Carswell, Davis, Adel and Close, JJ.