Legal Opinion

Planning Board v. Board of Appeals

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 6, 1956PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.

This is an appeal to the Superior Court in the form of a suit in equity brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) e. 40, § 30, as appearing in St. 1933, c. 269, § 1, as amended, against the board of appeals of the town of Beading seeking to annul a permit granted to one Eva Cole on March 30, 1954, purporting to authorize her to demolish all the buildings located upon a parcel of land owned and occupied by her for a nonconforming use and to erect a new building for the further maintenance of the same nonconforming use. Cole has been allowed to become a party defendant to the present proceedings and has…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Caires v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Wilbur v. City of NewtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  4. City of Newton v. BelgerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  5. Commonwealth v. HaydenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Brady v. Board of Appeals of WestportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  2. Atherton v. Selectmen of BourneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
  3. Chilson v. Zoning Board of Appeal of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  4. Powers v. Building Inspector of BarnstableMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
  5. Vokes v. Avery W. Lovell, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1984

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