Waltham Motor Inn, Inc. v. LaCava

These are two bills in equity by which the remaining plaintiffs named therein 4 seek to challenge separate decisions of the city council of Waltham (council) by which the council granted special permits (see G. L. c. 40A, § 4) for the construction and operation of a hotel and a “hotel/motel,” respectively, in a limited commercial zoning district. Both bills purport to be brought under G. L. c. 40A, § 21. 5 The defendants in each bill filed a “plea in bar” which asserted, in effect, that none of the plaintiffs was a “person aggrieved” within the meaning of § 21. 6 The pleas were heard together…