Smith v. Board of Appeals

This is an appeal to the Superior Court in the form of a suit in equity under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 30, as appearing in St. 1933, c. 269, § 1, and subsequently amended, brought by persons aggrieved by decisions of the board of appeals of Fall River granting to several different applicants permits to make alterations in certain dwelling houses to convert them into residences for not more than six (in two instances not more than four) families, all in single residence districts.

The board purported to act under the authority of an amendment to the city’s zoning ordinance which provides, in…