Legal Opinion
Martin v. Building Inspector
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 9, 1995No. 93-P-262PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
If Lang Road, on which the plaintiffs’ parcel fronts, is a public way, the plaintiffs, subject of course to other zoning and building requirements, may build a manufacturing facility on their property. A judge of the Superior Court determined that what is currently known as Lang Road was laid out as a public way by the selectmen of Freetown on June 7, 1763, and never discontinued. From a judgment so declaring, the building inspector has appealed. We affirm.
*5101. Procedural issue. The building inspector moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the dispute was fundamentally a zoning…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Doherty v. Town of BelmontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Fenn v. Town of MiddleboroughMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Rivers v. Town of WarwickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Clark & Clark Hotel Corp. v. Building Inspector of FalmouthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Carmel v. BaillargeonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Diamond v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- Moncy v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Zaskey v. Town of WhatelyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2004
- Brown v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2007
- Fishman v. Paramount Cleaners & Dyers of Brockton, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2003
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