Fish v. Town of Canton

The petitioners, holders of freehold estates in possession in the respondent town of Canton, bring this petition in the Land Court under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 240, § 14A, and c. 185, § 1 (j yf), as inserted by St. 1934, c. 263, seeking an adjudication as to the validity of a purported amendment to the town’s zoning by-law by vote of a town meeting held on March 18, 1946. The judge in his decision ruled the purported amendment to be invalid. The respondent Deutschmann, who had been allowed to intervene, appealed, and filed a bill of exceptions as to rulings on evidence and on the merits. The…