Legal Opinion

Town of Foster v. Lamphere

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 8, 1977No. 74-254-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDoris, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court ordering the defendant, Prescott H. Lamphere, to remove a mobile home which he had placed on his property in violation of the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Foster.

The defendant is the owner of a one-twelfth undivided interest in an acre of land situated in the town of Foster. The land is in a district of the town zoned as “residential/ agricultural.” It contains a house which was formerly the Lamphere family residence but is presently badly deteriorated and apparently uninhabitable.

On April 26, 1971, defendant and his wife applied to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Creditors' Service Corp. v. CummingsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1937
  2. Goldstein v. Zoning Bd. of Review of City of WarwickSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1967
  3. Vigneau v. La SalleSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1973
  4. Ravenelle v. City of WoonsocketSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1947
  5. State v. DiMuccioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Mesolella v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  2. Dixon v. Royal Cab, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  3. Greenwood v. RahillSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  4. Randall v. NorbergSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  5. Commonwealth v. RyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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