Legal Opinion

City of Worcester v. New England Institute & New England School of Accounting, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 1, 1957PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

On this bill in equity for a declaratory decree the judge in the Superior Court in “Findings of Fact and Declaratory Judgment” filed May 13, 1955, ruled that the defendant New England Institute and New England School of Accounting, Inc. (New England Institute), is a school within the meaning of § 8, clause (6),1 of Article III of the zoning ordinance of the city of Worcester (Bevised Ordinances, 1951, as amended), and hence that its use of premises at 251 Salisbury Street, Worcester, located in one of the “Besidence ‘A’ districts” as defined by § 8 is lawful. The individual defendants are…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Lowell Bar Ass'n v. LoebMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Commonwealth v. WeloskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  3. Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Assessors of Boston v. Garland School of Home MakingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. Mount Hermon Boys' School v. Inhabitants of GillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Newbury Junior College v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
  2. The Bible Speaks v. Board of Appeals of LenoxMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
  3. Barrett v. Brooks Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  4. Bloom v. School Committee of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  5. Radcliffe College v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966

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