Legal Opinion

Duhaime v. Planning Board

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided July 3, 1981Published

1Opinion of the Court

Adjoining 22,900 square feet of land which they own in Medway, the plaintiffs also own 50,600 square feet of land in Holliston. The plaintiffs had acquired the aggregate 73,500 square feet by a deed which referred to a recorded plan of the entire parcel dated October 31, 1938. It is possible to deduce from the record that, as described in 1938, the entire lot had frontage on Hill Street, a public way in Medway, of approximately 150 feet. The minimum frontage required in Medway at the locus for a house lot, under a zoning by-law adopted by that town in 1952, was 180 feet. Medway also requires…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Gifford v. Planning BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  2. Town of Brookline v. Co-Ray Realty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  3. Smalley v. Planning Board of HarwichMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  4. Gallitano v. BD. OF SURVEY PLANNING OF WALTHAMMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  5. Heald v. Zoning Board of Appeals of GreenfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979

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