Legal Opinion
Arrigo v. Planning Board of Franklin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 21, 1981PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
Joseph Arrigo and his wife brought these actions for the purpose of overturning decisions of two town boards which had the effect of permitting their neighbors, Raymond D. Mercer and his wife, to create a buildable lot which did not conform to the 200-foot frontage requirement of the rural-residential zone in which they all live. The cases are here on the Mercers’ appeals from decisions by which a judge of the Superior Court reversed both boards.
The background facts are not in dispute. In 1972 the Mercers purchased a parcel of roughly thirty acres with 986.71 feet of frontage on South Street.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Warren v. Zoning Board of Appeals of AmherstMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Casa Loma, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Ayer v. Commissioners on Height of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Gifford v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Foster from Gloucester, Inc. v. City Council of GloucesterMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Beale v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Gordon v. Zoning Board of Appeals of LeeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Hogan v. HayesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- DiCicco v. BerwickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
- PLANNING BOARD OF NORWELL v. SerenaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1989
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