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Sherman v. Board of Selectmen of Orleans

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jan 6, 1969
243 N.E.2d 816 (Mass. 1969)

Opinion

January 6, 1969.

William C. Jankowski for the petitioner.

Roger P. Stokey for the respondent.


This is an appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court denying a petition for a writ of certiorari to review action of the board of selectmen (board). The petitioner filed an application for a license to keep, store and sell gasoline and other flammables and explosives upon a certain parcel of land owned by her. After a hearing the board denied the application. The judge in his order for judgment stated that "[t]he petitioner agrees in open Court that the . . . [board has] complied with G.L.c. 148, § 13, except as follows:

. . [it] considered matters other than the danger of fire and explosion, and matters relating to whether a public or private nuisance may be created." There is no essential dispute on the facts. Basically, the petitioner urges us to overrule the rule of law established in a number of cases beginning with St. James Bldg. Corp. v. Commissioner of Pub. Safety, 260 Mass. 548. This we decline to do.

Judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

Sherman v. Board of Selectmen of Orleans

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Jan 6, 1969
243 N.E.2d 816 (Mass. 1969)
Case details for

Sherman v. Board of Selectmen of Orleans

Case Details

Full title:ETHEL W. SHERMAN vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF ORLEANS

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Jan 6, 1969

Citations

243 N.E.2d 816 (Mass. 1969)
243 N.E.2d 816

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