Bigham v. Planning Board of North Reading

The defendant planning board appeals under G. L. c. 41, § 81BB, and c. 214, § 19, from a final decree of the Superior Court reversing its decision, dated October 5, -1967, in which the board purported to rescind its prior approval (given in January, 1961, and October, 1963) of a certain subdivision plan. The plaintiffs, the Bighams, are the owners of the land constituting the subdivision, and the plaintiff Melrose Savings Bank is the holder of an outstanding mortgage thereon, executed in December, 1966, and discharging an earlier mortgage made in December, 1963. The plaintiffs contend that…