Legal Opinion
D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 6, 1978PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On April 18, 1972, the Stoneham Housing Authority (authority) took from the plaintiffs approximately four acres of vacant land (premises) for a housing project. The plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for the taking. The premises are in a single residence zoning district in which multi-family residential uses are forbidden, except that, pursuant to a July 6, 1971, zoning amendment, the Stoneham board of appeals may grant a special exception for an “elderly housing project.”
Before any testimony was introduced, counsel advised the judge that the plaintiffs intended to offer…
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