Legal Opinion
Tranfaglia v. Building Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 29, 1940PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the revocation of a permit, issued by the respondent building commissioner of the town of Winchester to Salvatore Marches!, for an excavation for the foundation of a building to be used as a bowling alley, and to revoke the permit for the erection of the building if it has been issued. Marchesi has been permitted to intervene as a party respondent. The ground for relief is alleged to be that the permit was issued in violation of the zoning by-law of the town.
A preliminary hearing was held before a single justice of this court who ruled in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Inspector of Buildings v. StoklosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Donnelly v. MontagueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Simon v. Town of NeedhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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- Davis v. Zoning Board of ChathamMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Attorney General v. Town of DoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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