Legal Opinion
Cary v. Board of Appeals of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 29, 1960PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.
Five owners of property on Pomona Road, Worcester, contend on this appeal that the subsidiary facts found by the judge in the Superior Court require the conclusion that the statutory requirements for a zoning variance have not been met, so that the decision of the defendant board of appeals of Worcester granting a variance to the defendant Foodland, Inc., was beyond its authority and the decree which sustained it was in error.
The board’s decision, filed in the city clerk’s office January 24, 1958, authorized Foodland, Inc., to use an interior lot, marked C on the accompanying sketch, as a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Pendergast v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Norcross v. Board of Appeal of Building DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Real Properties, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Everpure Ice Manufacturing Co. v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Pierce v. Town of WellesleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Dion v. Board of Appeals of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of NorthamptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of ScituateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Schertzer v. City of SomervilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
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