Doliner v. Planning Board of Millis

This is a further stage of the controversy discussed in Doliner v. Planning Bd. of Millis, 343 Mass. 1, decided June 9, 1961, hereafter called the 1961 decision. See also Doliner v. Town Clerk of Millis, 343 Mass. 10. We restate certain facts then before us.

On March 9, 1959, the town voted to adopt a proposed zoning by-law and to repeal the then existing 1956 by-law, “such repeal to be effective . . . when” the new by-law should take effect after approval by the Attorney General. On April 1,1959, the town clerk transmitted the new by-law to the Attorney General, who approved it on June 9,…