Town of Wayland v. Lee

This bill is brought to enforce the town’s zoning by-law by restraining the defendants from removing for sale sod, loam, sand and gravel from a tract of land located in the plaintiff town.

The facts appear from findings of the judge and from the evidence, which is reported. The tract here involved, comprising thirty-three and one half acres, was acquired by Sarah J. Glover, the defendants’ predecessor in title, in 1925. On September 5, 1934, when the town zoning bylaw took effect, the land was placed in a single residence district. The zoning by-law applicable to such districts, so far as…