Legal Opinion

Simon v. Town of Needham

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 27, 1942PublishedCited by 92 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

This is a petition filed in the Land Court in accordance with G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 240, § 14A and c. 185, § 1 (j;H0, both as inserted by, St. 1934, c. 263, to determine the validity and extent of a zoning by-law which prescribed a minimum area of one acre for house lots in the residential district in which the petitioner’s land was located. The judge of the Land Court made a written decision which included findings of fact and rulings of law. He ordered the petition dismissed. The petitioner excepted to certain rulings, to the refusal to give the rulings requested by him, and to the order…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Hadacheck v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932

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3Cited by92 opinions

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  4. Town of Burlington v. DunnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  5. Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949

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