STURGES v. CHILMARK


380 Mass. 246 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 1346

JULIA G. STURGES & another vs. TOWN OF CHILMARK & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Dukes County.

March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Bracken for the defendants.

Eugene L. Tougas for the plaintiffs.

Howard R. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiffs, who jointly own several parcels of land in the Martha's Vineyard town of Chilmark, commenced this proceeding in the Land Court in November, 1977, seeking a determination concerning certain statutory and local regulatory provisions which might be applied to restrict their right to use and develop their land.

The issues, which are before us on the cross appeals of the plaintiffs and the town, principally concern two zoning bylaw amendments...

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