Legal Opinion
Bullis v. Town of Grand Isle
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 5, 1989No. 88-044PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, C.J.
The Town of Grand Isle appeals from a decision of the State Board of Appraisers, which concluded that taxpayer’s four parcels should be assessed as a single parcel. We reverse and remand.
Taxpayers’ property consists of four parcels of land totaling nearly 395 acres, all used in the family farming business. The parcel known as the “home place” contains 206.27 acres and 295 feet of lakefront on a channel of Lake Champlain. None of the other parcels, of 100.4, 54, and 34 acres, border on the lake. The parcels do not adjoin each other but are within a mile of the “home place” and of each other.
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- Wiesenfeld v. Township of South BrunswickNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1979
- Brown v. Town of WindsorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
- Fearon v. Town of AmherstSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1976
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