Legal Opinion
Shea v. Inspector of Buildings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 3, 1949PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to command the inspector of buildings of Quincy to issue to the petitioner a permit for the erection of a building on property of the petitioner numbered 23-31A on Cottage Avenue in that city. The respondent refuses the permit on the sole ground that the proposed building would “overlap” a building line purportedly established parallel to the northeasterly line of Cottage Street from Cottage Avenue to Revere Road by order of the city council approved by the mayor on January 9, 1947, recorded in Norfolk registry of deeds on January 15 of that year.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
- Byfield v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Amory v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Kenney v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Safford v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. v. Mayor of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gerhard v. StephensCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Framingham Clinic, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Poremba v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Karl V. Wolsey Co. v. Building InspectorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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