Legal Opinion
Klier v. Building Inspector of Lawrence
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 19, 1955PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
This petition for a writ of mandamus was brought to compel the city clerk of Lawrence to expunge from his record a vote of the city council amending the city’s zoning law by reclassifying a district, and to compel the building inspector of the city to enforce the zoning law as it existed prior to the purported amendment. Eaton, Inc., an owner of land affected by the amendment, was allowed to intervene as a respondent.
On July 13, 1954, after a hearing on the merits, the trial judge filed a paper with the clerk entitled “Findings of Fact, Rulings of Law,” the concluding words of which were…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Everett-Morgan Co. v. Boyajian PharmacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Sunderland v. Building Inspector of North AndoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Adamsky v. City Council of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Watts v. WattsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Mayor of Beverly v. First District Court of EssexMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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3Cited by7 opinions
- StearnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Franklin Fair Assoc. Inc. v. SEC. of the CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Meadows v. Town Clerk of SaugusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Martin v. Aldermen of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Mitchell v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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