Legal Opinion
Boothby v. City of Westbrook
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 13, 1941PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSturgis, C. J.
This is a suit in equity brought by the owners of real estate in the City of Westbrook to enjoin the enforcement of a local ordinance which, prohibiting keeping explosives for sale within 300 feet of a school-house where a school is regularly maintained, restrains the use of their land for this purpose. The sitting justice hearing the cause dismissed the bill, and the complainants appeal.
On December 14,1939, the Westbrook City Council passed an ordinance approved by the Mayor on December 15, 1939, which reads as follows:
“Ordinance Relating to the Keeping or Selling of Gasoline, Coal oils,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Terrace v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Buchanan v. WarleySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Packard v. BantonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Associated Hospital Service of Maine v. MahoneySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965
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