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LEVITT v. INC. VIL. OF SANDS POINT

6 N.Y.2d 269 (1959)

William J. Levitt et al., Appellants, v. Incorporated Village of Sands Point et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward R. Burns for appellants.

Jackson A. Dykman, J. Oakey McKnight and Ralph W. Crolly for respondents.

Philip Huntington for Incorporated Village of Lattingtown and others, amici curiæ, in support of respondents' position.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.

FROESSEL, J.

The enactment of a two-acre minimum lot area requirement is, in an appropriate case, a legitimate exercise of the police power (Village Law, § 89, subd. 30; §§ 175, 177; Dilliard v. Village of North Hills, 276 App. Div. 969; Flora Realty & Investment Co. v. City of Ladue, 362 Mo. 1025, appeal dismissed 344 U.S. 802; Senior v. Zoning Comm. of Town of New Canaan<...

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