Hoffman v. Board of Zoning Appeal

This case involves cross-appeals from a judgment of the Land Court in two consolidated cases concerning two parcels of land in the city of Cambridge (city). Husam M. Azzam, a defendant in one case and the plaintiff in the other, now owns both parcels. His predecessors in title, Maximiano Gouveia and Narciza Gouveia (the Gouveias), took title to the first parcel, 224-226 Hurley Street (the first parcel), by deed dated March 19, 1942. They took title to the second parcel, 220-222V2 Hurley Street (the second parcel), by deed dated May 17, 1950. As of that latter date, the two parcels came into…