Legal Opinion
122 Main Street Corp. v. City of Brockton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 4, 1949PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The holder of a freehold estate in possession in the city of Brockton, by this petition under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 240, § 14A, and c. 185, § 1 (j Y), both inserted by St. 1934, c. 263, seeks a determination as to the validity of two amendments to the city’s zoning ordinance purporting t© establish a central business area and to fix minimum height requirements for buildings in that area. The case was heard on a statement of agreed facts amounting to a case stated. The city appeals from the judge’s decision, wherein he ruled the amendments to be invalid.
In 1926 a zoning ordinance and "use…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Welch v. SwaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Welch v. SwaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Brett v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by33 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Sturges v. Town of ChilmarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Barney & Carey Co. v. Town of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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