Legal Opinion
Carson v. Board of Appeals
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 6, 1947PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
One Elizabeth C. Phelps owned land in Lexington bounding westerly on Bedford Street about two hundred feet, and running easterly to the location on which were the tracks of the Boston and Maine Railroad. The land was numbered 47-49 Bedford Street. By the zoning by-law of the town of Lexington it was placed in a “C. 1” district, in which many kinds of business were permitted without limitation, and others were permitted when authorized by the board of appeals. By § 4, it was provided that “subject to the provisions of § 9” there would be permitted in the district “garages for storage and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Building Commissioner v. C. & H. Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Kane v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
- Lambert v. Board of Appeals of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Pitman v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Marinelli v. Board of Appeal of the Building DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Ward v. ScottSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Dion v. Board of Appeals of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Burnham v. Board of Appeals of GloucesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Everpure Ice Manufacturing Co. v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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