Legal Opinion
Bianco v. Ashley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 11, 1933PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This petition for a writ of mandamus is designed to compel the respondent to revoke a building permit or permits granted to an owner of land in North Adams to erect an office building and filling station, on the alleged ground that the granting was contrary to a controlling ordinance the terms of which it was the public duty of the respondent to enforce. The present owner of the land, The Texas Company, has been permitted to intervene as a party. The case was referred to an auditor and was heard upon his report without other evidence. The single justice ruled that there was no harmful error…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moss v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Fisher v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Ballou v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Johnson v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Fisher v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Cook v. Farm Service Stores, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Leshefsky v. American EmPloyers' InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Graustein v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Shirley Wayside Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Appeals of ShirleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- A. W. Banister Co. v. P. J. W. Moodie Lumber Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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