Legal Opinion
Town of Lexington v. Bean
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 2, 1930PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
By this suit in equity the town of Lexington seeks to restrain the defendant Bean, the owner of certain premises in said town, and the defendant Perkins, the tenant of a part thereof, from violating the zoning by-law of the town. The case was referred to a master who filed a report. An interlocutory decree was entered overruling the plaintiff’s exception thereto and confirming the report, and a final decree dismissing the bill with costs. From these decrees the plaintiff appealed.
Under the zoning by-law of the town, adopted under G. L. c. 40, § 25, at a town meeting held on March 17, 1924,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Nectow v. City of CambridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Washington Ex Rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. RobergeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Matter of Wulfsohn v. BurdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Nebraska Ex Rel. OmahaSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by43 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- County of San Diego v. McClurkenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Defelice v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
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