Building Inspector of Lancaster v. Sanderson

This is an action by the building inspector of the town of Lancaster seeking to enjoin the defendant from using land in that town for airport runway purposes in alleged violation of the town’s zoning by-law. The bylaw designates the building inspector to be the enforcement officer thereof, and this action is brought by the inspector pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 22, as amended through St. 1970, c. 678, § l. After a hearing on the merits a judge of the Superior Court made a decision entitled “Findings of Fact, Rulings, and Order for Judgment” in favor of the plaintiff and judgment was entered in…