Brackett v. Board of Appeal

This is a petition for a writ of certiorari brought in the Superior Court (St. 1924, c. 488, § 19, G. L. [Ter. Ed.] c. 213, § 1A, as inserted by St. 1939, c. 257, § 1), to quash a decision by the respondent board varying the application of the zoning law of the city of Boston with respect to a vacant lot of land in a general residence district, so that it may be used as a parking space. The petition was *53ordered dismissed “as a matter of law and not as a matter of discretion,” and the petitioner alleged exceptions. The Sheraton, Inc., a corporation, was joined as a respondent, but no question…