Rettig v. Planning Board of Rowley

The plaintiffs are landowners in Rowley. They submitted to the defendant planning board a plan of a portion of their land entitled “Rowley Hills Section E” for a determination by the board that approval under the subdivision control law was not required, and, after a determination by the board that in its opinion the plan required approval, brought this bill in equity by way of appeal. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 41, §§ 81P, 81BB, as appearing in St. 1953, c. 674, § 7. The Superior Court entered a final decree that the plan does not require such approval, and the board appealed to this court.

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