Legal Opinion

Beardsley v. Board of Assessors

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 4, 1976PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.

The assessors of Foxborough appeal from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board (board) which concluded that the taxpayers’ premises had been assessed at more than their just proportion for the years 1970 through 1973.* 2 There was no error.3

*857The taxpayers, owners of a garrison-style house, introduced evidence which showed that the premises were in a development of approximately ninety houses, consisting of two-story houses “known as Capes and Garrisons” and one-story houses “known as Ranches or Splits.” In 1968, the assessors revalued all the town’s real estate, assessing the four different…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. SHOPPERS'WORLD v. Board of Assessors of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1965
  2. Coomey v. Board of Assessors of SandwichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  3. Assessors of Everett v. Albert N. Parlin House, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  4. Butler v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  2. New England Power Company v. Town of BarnetSupreme Court of Vermont · 1976
  3. Tregor v. Board of Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. French v. Board of Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
  5. Board of Assessors v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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