O'Connell v. City of Brockton Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court under G. L. c. 40A, § 21 (as amended through St. 1958, c. 175), upholding the defendant hoard of appeals of the city of Brockton in approving the issuance of certain building permits by the city’s building inspector to the defendant Orchard Estates, Inc. (Orchard).

The evidence, which is before us, discloses the following : Orchard is the owner of certain land abutting on the northerly side of West Elm Street in the city of Brockton. The land is bounded on the west by the lot of the plaintiff Richard J. O’Connell and on the east by…