Legal Opinion
DiStefano v. Town of Stoughton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 10, 1994No. 93-P-632PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
In an effort to perpetuate the nonconformity of forty lots laid out in a subdivison in 1967, the owner of those lots, A & A Contracting, Inc., engaged in “checkerboard” conveyances 3 on August 29, 1974, in anticipation of the expiration of the period of immunity from more restrictive zoning amendments conferred by G. L. c. 40A, § 7A, as amended through St. 1965, c. 366.* * 4 A judge of the Land Court found that, although the checkerboard conveyances purported to place ownership so that no two adjacent lots were held in common, the nominal owners were all under the control of Albert N.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- My Bread Baking Co. v. Cumberland Farms, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Evans v. Multicon Construction Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
- Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of WellesleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Lee v. Board of Appeals of HarwichMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Planning Board v. SerenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Preston v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Laurel Beach Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Appeals of MilfordConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Wells v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Berg v. Town of LexingtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
- Kneer v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of NorfolkMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
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