Legal Opinion
Cohen v. City of Lynn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 8, 1956PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
This petition, filed June 8, 1953, is brought in the Land Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 240, § 14A, and c. 185, § 1 (jK), both inserted by St. 1934, c. 263, to determine the validity of a 1946 amendment to the zoning ordinance of the city of Lynn which reclassified a block of land on Lynn Shore Drive, in which the petitioner’s residence stands, from a general residence district to a restricted type apartment district. The intervener is the owner of much of the land in the block and is the holder of a permit to erect an apartment house on this land. According to the findings the intervener…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Caires v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Wilbur v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Barney & Carey Co. v. Town of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Lamarre v. Commissioner of Public Works of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Crall v. City of LeominsterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Lanner v. Board of Appeal of TewksburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Pierce v. Town of WellesleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Jenckes v. Building Commissioner of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Schertzer v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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