DREBEN, J.
In this action by abutters pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 17, appealing a decision of Billerica's board of appeal, a judge of the Superior Court interpreted a by-law of the town to allow reconstruction of a building that had been entirely destroyed by fire. We reverse.
After their four-family residence was destroyed by "a devastating fire," the defendants Anthony R. and Mary Ann Passalaqua applied to the building commissioner for permits to begin...
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