Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. Building Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1928PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These are petitions for writs of mandamus whereby it is sought to compel the respondent to revoke or withhold a building permit for the erection on described land of a building over one hundred feet in height, and to take appropriaté steps to prevent the erection of such building. The controversy arises under the zoning law of the city of Boston, St. 1924, c. 488, as amended. The agreed facts, so far as material, are that the board of zoning adjustment, purporting to act under powers conferred by § 20 of said c. 488, carved out of a zoning district theretofore known as B-80, being a general…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Building DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Cheney v. CoughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Prusik v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Ayer v. Commissioners on Height of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Ginther v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
- Marashlian v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Circle Lounge & Grille, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Marotta v. Board of Appeals of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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