CARROLL v. SELECT BOARD OF NORWELL

SJC-13410.

493 Mass. 178 (2024)

BRIAN CARROLL & another v. SELECT BOARD OF NORWELL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Carroll, pro se.

Robert W. Galvin ( Anthony J. Riley also present) for the defendants.

Tim Wall, pro se, was present but did not argue.

Joseph N. Schneiderman , for Massachusetts Association of Realtors, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.


Under G. L. c. 40, § 15A, if town-owned land is "held ... for a specific purpose," that land cannot be diverted to another, inconsistent use until it has been determined by the "board or officer having charge of [the] land" that the land is no longer needed for that purpose. In this case, several residents of the town of Norwell...

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