Legal Opinion
Morrison v. Selectmen of Weymouth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1932PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari. The petitioner seeks to have quashed the proceedings of the respondents in granting on November 5, 1928, a license to the Standard Oil Company of New York to erect, maintain and use on a tract of land steel storage tanks for the keeping, storage and sale of petroleum products.
The hearing before the single justice was upon the petition and the return. No evidence was offered. A motion, presented by the petitioner at the beginning of that hearing, that the respondents be ordered to amend their return, was denied. The exception to this ruling is…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Paige v. SinclairMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Bradley v. Board of Zoning AdjustmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Cheney v. CoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Whitney v. Judge of the District CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
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3Cited by60 opinions
- Selectmen of Topsfield v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Fleming v. DaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Johnson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
- Morrissey v. State Ballot Law CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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