BUTLER v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF WORCESTER


354 Mass. 651 (1968)

241 N.E.2d 819

GEORGE A. BUTLER vs. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF WORCESTER (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

November 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Griffin, for the taxpayer, submitted a brief.

Henry P. Grady, Assistant City Solicitor, for the Board of Assessors of Worcester.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

On January 1, 1962, and January 1, 1964, Butler owned 5.34 acres of land (the locus) on Boylston Street, Worcester. The assessors in each year valued the property at $50,000 (or about $9,363 an acre). Taxes for 1962 and 1964, based on these assessments, have been paid with interest. Applications by Butler for abatements were denied by the assessors. Butler then appealed to the Appellate Tax Board under the informal procedure. See G.L.c. 58A, § 7A ...

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