HARRIS v. WAYLAND


392 Mass. 237 (1984)

466 N.E.2d 822

GEORGE H. HARRIS & others vs. TOWN OF WAYLAND & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

June 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. McGuire for the plaintiffs.

Kenneth J. Mickiewicz for the town of Wayland & another.

Andrew D. Epstein for Wayland Housing Authority.

Austin Broadhurst, for Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The plaintiffs are residents, property owners and voters of the town of Wayland (town). They oppose the sale of certain town land (Orchard Lane) to the Wayland housing authority for the purpose of constructing elderly and low income housing. They brought this action in the Superior Court pursuant to G.L.c. 231A and c. 249, § 5. On cross motions for summary judgment, judgments were entered for the defendants but the rights of the parties were not explicitly...

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