Whitcomb v. Vigeant
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 29, 1921, and afterwards amended, by eleven plaintiffs, each of whom owned and lived in a house at or in the immediate vicinity of the corner of North Street and Mason Street in the city of Leominster, and who alleged that they brought the suit “not only for themselves but in behalf of all other residents and real estate owners in the vicinity who are affected by the matters” therein “complained of,” against Pierre Vigeant,…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court on June 29, 1921, and afterwards amended, by eleven plaintiffs, each of whom owned and lived in a house at or in the immediate vicinity of the corner of North Street and Mason Street in the city of Leominster, and who alleged that they brought the suit “not only for themselves but in behalf of all other residents and real estate owners in the vicinity who are affected by the matters” therein “complained of,” against Pierre Vigeant, who was building a hall of an open type for use as a public dance hall in the vicinity named, and Henry F. Sawtelle,…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
Various householders seek by this suit in equity to enjoin the defendants, one of whom is mayor of Leominster and the other of whom is a resident of that city intending to erect and complete in the vicinity of the homes of the several plaintiffs a public dance hall of an open type for continual use during summer seasons. There are allegations of purpose by the defendant Vigeant, immediately upon the completion of the building, to apply to the mayor for a license to conduct a public dance hall, that the mayor is vested by law with authority to grant such license, that he will grant such…
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