# Murdock v. Board of Appeals

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · April 4, 1961 · 342 Mass. 778

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6447179

## Case

- **Full name:** John A. Murdock, trustee v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** April 4, 1961
- **Citations:** 342 Mass. 778; 173 N.E.2d 923
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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.

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