Legal Opinion
Spector v. Building Inspector
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 16, 1924PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent, the building inspector of Milton, to issue to the petitioner a building permit for the construction of a block of stores.
The petitioner on June 9, 1922, purchased land located in Milton for the purpose and with the intention of erecting thereon a one-story brick block of twelve stores. This intent was communicated to the respondent. At that time there was no zoning ordinance, so called, in Milton, but there was a building code. According to its provisions, there must be submitted to the building inspector, before the erection…
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