Legal Opinion
Atherton v. Selectmen of Bourne
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 4, 1958PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C. J.
In Atherton v. Board of Appeals of Bourne, 334 Mass. 451, this court annulled a decision of the board of appeals, which had granted a variance from the zoning by-law to one Bigelow. The variance was one permitting him to construct on a parcel in a residence district on Phinney’s Point in Bourne certain buildings for the conduct of a business of building, repairing, and storing boats. Work had begun on a building, but when the variance was annulled on July 20, 1956, the respondent building inspector of Bourne ordered Bigelow to stop work. When work stopped, the concrete foundation and the…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Dowsey v. Village of KensingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Caires v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Commonwealth v. Town of HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Baddour v. City of Long BeachNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Leahy v. Inspector of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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- Brady v. Board of Appeals of WestportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
- Lanner v. Board of Appeal of TewksburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Griswold v. City of HomerAlaska Supreme Court · 1996
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