Attorney General v. Town of Dover
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is an information in equity originally brought in the Superior Court by the Attorney General under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 30B, inserted by St. 1938, c. 133, § 2, as amended by St. 1950, c. 325, § 2, against the town of Dover and its selectmen to have declared invalid a by-law of the town purporting to exclude from districts zoned for “residence” any use of premises for sectarian educational purposes. The trial judge made findings of fact and rulings of law and thereupon reserved and reported the case upon the pleadings, the evidence, and the findings and rulings, “such decrees to be…
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