Case Name: Brockton Public Market, Inc. vs. Board of Appeals of Sharon
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1970-06-11
Citations: 357 Mass. 783
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brockton Public Market, Inc. vs. Board of Appeals of Sharon.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 357
Pages: 783–783

Head Matter:
Brockton Public Market, Inc. vs. Board of Appeals of Sharon.
June 11, 1970.
Robert I. Kalis for the plaintiff.
Manuel Katz for the defendant.

Opinion:
This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court that the board of appeals of the town of Sharon did not exceed its authority in denying a special permit for the construction of "a gasoline filling station within a parking lot of a shopping center in a Business District zone." "The evidence . . . consisted of five exhibits, one of which is a Stipulation." The parties also orally agreed on an additional fact. The trial judge's ruling that the plaintiff does not have "an absolute right to a special permit" is correct. Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of Framingham 355 Mass. 275, 277. Likewise, there was no error in holding that the refusal to grant a special permit did not require detailed findings by the board of appeals. Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton, 345 Mass. 158, 162.
Decree affirmed.