Case Name: John A. Murdock, trustee, vs. Board of Appeals of Duxbury
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1961-04-04
Citations: 342 Mass. 778
Docket Number: 
Parties: John A. Murdock, trustee, vs. Board of Appeals of Duxbury.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 342
Pages: 778–778

Head Matter:
John A. Murdock, trustee, vs. Board of Appeals of Duxbury.
April 4, 1961.
The case was submitted on briefs.
Bobert J. Geogan, Town Counsel, & Paul F. X. Moriarty, for the defendant.
John M. Corcoran, for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
Decree affirmed. This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court under G. L. c. 40A, § 21, as amended, which annulled a decision of the board of appeals of Duxbury as in excess of its authority. The board's decision denied the plaintiff permission to build a dwelling house giving as a reason that there would be a violation of a zoning by-law relating to minimum size and frontage of lots. The by-law is unique, and the only question is one of its individual interpretation. We are of opinion that the judge made the right interpretation.