Legal Opinion
Bancroft v. Building Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 17, 1926PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus-by residents of Boston. The case is before us on a reservation by a single justice of this court upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts, with the following recital: “If the petition is maintainable as matter of law, I should not dismiss it in the exercise of any discretion which may be. vested in me.”
The Embassy, Inc., owns a parcel of land on the northerly side of Beacon Street in Boston, and on or about December 9, 1925, made application to the building commissioner for a permit to erect an apartment house on the land, which has a depth…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Attorney General v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Brewster v. ShermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Kelley v. Board of HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Cox v. SegeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Kaplan v. BowkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Mullholland v. State Racing CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Godfrey v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Pitman v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Knowlton v. Town of SwampscottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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