· 2/27/1985
Sugarman v. Lewis
Citations
- 488 A.2d 709
- 1985 R.I. LEXIS 452
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- reviewing well-settled case law granting authority over subdivision to planning boards
- reviewing well-settled case law granting authority over subdivision to planning boards
- “[W]e will not allow ourselves to be blindly enslaved to the literal reading of statutes when to do so would defeat or frustrate the evident intendment of the [L]egislature.”
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Judges: Bevilacqua
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