Legal Opinion
Sunderland v. Building Inspector of North Andover
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 10, 1952PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The petitioners, residents and taxpayers of North Andover, are owners of parcels of real estate on the easterly side of Church Street, a single residence district. The petition alleges facts tending to show a case of “spot zoning” 1 on the opposite side of Church Street, directly across from the land of the petitioners, by reason of the action of a special town meeting held on August 28, 1950, at which the zoning by-law purportedly was amended by changing the classification of one parcel of land owned by Alfred H. McKee and Margaret S. McKee from a general residence district to a business…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Leahy v. Inspector of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Brewster v. ShermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Town of Marblehead v. RosenthalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Brooks v. Secretary of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Atherton v. Selectmen of BourneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
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