MARBLEHEAD v. DEERY


356 Mass. 532 (1969)

254 N.E.2d 234

TOWN OF MARBLEHEAD vs. JOHN A. DEERY, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 24, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul L. Lausier, Town Counsel, for the plaintiff, submitted a brief.

Wesley E. Bevins, Jr., for the Marblehead Neck Improvement Association, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

James T. Ronan for the defendant.

Present: SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, SPIEGEL, & QUIRICO, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

The town by its bill in equity seeks to compel Deery to remove the portion of his dwelling within twenty feet of Sean's Way, Marblehead. After hearing, the trial judge made a report of material facts upon the basis of which the facts are stated below, except as otherwise indicated. By final decree, the bill was dismissed. The town appealed. The evidence, largely undisputed, is reported.1

In 1959 Deery owned land on the...

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