Town of Brookline v. County Commissioners of the County of Norfolk

These are two bills for declaratory relief which question the propriety of the apportionment and assessment of county taxes on the towns of Brookline and Weymouth for the fiscal year 1974 pursuant to G. L. c. 35, § 31. The cases are here on reservations and reports of the single justice, and before us are the respective bills, the demurrers and answers, and statements of agreed facts and exhibits.

In the fiscal year 1974, which was the period of January 1, 1973, through June 30, 1974, the county commissioners pursuant to G. L. c. 35, § 31,1 apportioned and assessed on Brookline and Weymouth…