Opie v. Board of Appeals of Groton

This is a suit in equity in the Superior Court under G. L. c. 40A, § 21, by way of appeal from a decision of the board of appeals of G-roton granting to the defendant John J. Long a variance for the use of certain premises as a funeral home. Long filed a plea in abatement, assigning as reasons that the plaintiff did not attach a copy of the decision of the board of appeals of Groton to Long’s copy of the bill and failed to file an affidavit of the giving of notice, with copy of the bill, to the town clerk of the town of Groton. The plaintiff’s appeals from an interlocutory decree sustaining…