Legal Opinion
Town of Milton v. Donnelly
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1940PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
In this petition in equity filed under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 93, § 31, the town of Milton seeks a decree ordering the respondent to remove a billboard erected by her on June 5, 1935, and since maintained by her, on the ground that the erection and maintenance were in violation of a by-law of the town. The suit was reserved by a single justice upon the petition, answer and a master’s report for the determination of the full court.
The town adopted a by-law which provided that no person should erect or maintain a billboard “within three hundred feet of any other public way and within public view…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Maurer v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Morse v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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- Arthur D. Little, Inc. v. Commissioner of Health & HospitalsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Merit Oil Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
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