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Butler v. Town of East Bridgewater

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 2, 1953PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQua, C.J.

This suit was originally brought by Butler against the town and its selectmen. One Merry was allowed to intervene as a plaintiff on the ground that he was a landowner in the town who had problems similar to those of the original plaintiff. No question has been raised as to his right to intervene.

The suit is brought under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231 A, inserted by St. 1945, e. 582, § 1, for a decree declaring the rights of the plaintiffs in the matter of removal of loam from tracts of land in the town owned respectively by them. The defendants have appealed from a final decree 1 favorable to the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  2. Commonwealth v. PlaistedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  3. Town of Burlington v. DunnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  4. Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
  5. Commonwealth v. MaletskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
  2. Caswell v. Licensing Commission for BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. Lovequist v. Conservation Commission of DennisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
  5. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965

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