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Everts v. the Wine Cellar, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Feb 26, 1941
308 Mass. 599 (Mass. 1941)

Opinion

February 26, 1941.

W.P. Everts, for the plaintiffs.

G.E. Lodgen, for the defendant.


Decree affirmed with costs. The defendant's illuminated sign is not shown to be a nuisance. If it unlawfully projected towards the street beyond a building line established under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 82, § 37, the remedy must be sought by public authorities rather than by neighboring residents or proprietors. Hagerty v. McGovern, 187 Mass. 479. Mullholland v. State Racing Commission, 295 Mass. 286, 290, 291. Mayor of Cambridge v. Dean, 300 Mass. 174.


Summaries of

Everts v. the Wine Cellar, Inc.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Feb 26, 1941
308 Mass. 599 (Mass. 1941)
Case details for

Everts v. the Wine Cellar, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM P. EVERTS, trustee, others vs. THE WINE CELLAR, INC

Court:Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Date published: Feb 26, 1941

Citations

308 Mass. 599 (Mass. 1941)
32 N.E.2d 244

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