Case Name: Alvin B. Allen vs. Board of Appeals of Fall River & others
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1967-02-03
Citations: 351 Mass. 714
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alvin B. Allen vs. Board of Appeals of Fall River & others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 351
Pages: 714–714

Head Matter:
Alvin B. Allen vs. Board of Appeals of Fall River & others.
February 3, 1967.
The case was submitted on briefs.
William A. Torphy, Frank M. Silvia, Jr., & Frederic J. Torphy for the defendants de Arruda.
Charles I. Tucker & James T. Waldron for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court annulling a decision of the board of appeals of the city of Fall River which granted a variance for the construction of a gasoline service station on land in a general residential zoning district. The trial judge ruled that the board "fails to state the existence of each of the prerequisites to the granting of a variance." G. L. c. 40A, § 15. We agree and see no need to repeat the legal principle involved in this case. Barnhart v. Board of Appeals of Scituate, 343 Mass. 455.
Decree affirmed.