Bouchard v. Ramos

The plaintiffs have appealed from a decree of the Superior Court that adjudged valid the decision of the Board of Appeals of New Bedford granting a variance to the defendants Caroline and John L. Ramos, Jr., hereinafter referred to as the defendants.

There are findings of fact; the evidence is reported.

The defendants in 1945 bought the parcel of land that occupies the entire block between Acushnet Avenue and Belleville Avenue, and is bounded on the north by Dawson Street and on the south by Harwich Street. It had been the site of “one of those big, old houses” which had been taken down. The…