Salvation Army of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Board of Appeal

The plaintiff, a charitable corporation, applied both to the building commissioner and the health commissioner of the City of Boston for permission to use the premises at 332 Jamaicaway and 101 Moraine Street as a home for unwed mothers, known as the Booth Memorial Home. The premises are located in an area which-is classified as a general residence district under § 4 of the Boston zoning law (St. 1924, c. 488, § 4, as amended) which permits in such a district any use which is permissible in a single residence district under § 3. The pertinent provisions of § 3 (St. 1924, c. 488, § 3 (3), as…