BARNARD v. ZONING BD. OF APP. OF TOWN OF YARMOUTH


313 A.2d 741 (1974)

Charlotte W. BARNARD v. ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS OF the TOWN OF YARMOUTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

January 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nixon & Corson, by David J. Corson, Yarmouth, for plaintiff.

Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, by F. Paul, Frinsko, Portland, for defendant.

Before DUFRESNE, C. J., and WEATHERBEE, POMEROY, WERNICK, and ARCHIBALD, JJ.


POMEROY, Justice.

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