Legal Opinion
Ayer v. Commissioners on Height of Buildings
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1922PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition by the owners of the real estate on the easterly side of Clarendon Street between Boylston Street *32and St. James Avenue against the members of the commission on height of buildings in the city of Boston. That commission was created by Spec. St. 1915, c. 333, for the purpose of relocating the boundaries of districts in Boston within which under earlier statutes buildings had been restricted as to height. Under authority conferred by St. 1904, c. 333, as amended by St. 1905, c. 383, Boston had been divided into two districts, one called A, wherein buildings were used chiefly…
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