Legal Opinion
Durkin v. Board of Appeals of Falmouth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 21, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Durkin owns over 22,000 square feet of land (the locus) in Falmouth (the town). The locus now lies in a residential zone, but is adjacent to a business zone. In 1959 the area had been classified as an agricultural zone. The area was changed to a residential zone in 1966.
In 1959, prior to the construction on the locus of a one-story building (to cover an area thirty-six feet deep and forty-six feet wide), the then owner applied for a building permit for a structure to be used as the North Falmouth post office, appar ently under a lease to the United States from the then owner. The record does…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- King Resources Co. v. Environmental Improvement CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1970
- United States v. City of ChesterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1944
- Vokes v. Avery W. Lovell, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Town of Coventry v. GlickmanSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- State v. Stonybrook, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
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3Cited by7 opinions
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