Legal Opinion
Plante v. Town of Grafton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 7, 2002No. 00-P-1138PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Under G. L. c. 61A, § 14, a municipality has a right of first refusal to buy land that is being taken out of agricultural or horticultural use, if the municipality has so classified that land under c. 61 A. The question this case presents is whether a city or town may be forced by owners who propose to take two *214or more parcels out of agricultural or horticultural use to buy all of those parcels or whether the municipality may choose to acquire fewer than all of the lots the owners propose to remove from agricultural or horticultural use. We decide that, at least on the peculiar facts of this…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gyurkey v. BablerIdaho Supreme Court · 1982
- Straley v. OsborneCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
- Myers v. LovetinskySupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- DeFreitas v. CoteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Roy v. George W. Greene, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Adams v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2010
- City of Newburyport v. WoodmanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2011
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