Legal Opinion

Francis Small Heritage Trust, Inc. v. Town of Limington

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided August 7, 2014No. Docket Yor-13-511PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSilver, J.

[¶ 1] The Town of Limington appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) vacating a decision of the State Board of Property Tax Review. The Town argues that (1) the Superior Court erred in vacating the Board’s ruling that Francis Small Heritage Trust, Inc., is not entitled to a tax exemption as a benevolent and charitable institution pursuant to 36 M.R.S. § 652(1)(A), (C) (2013), and (2) the Board did not err in concluding that the Town correctly applied the “[ajlternative valuation method” of 36 M.R.S. § 1106-A(2) (2013) to the Trust’s properties that…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Trust v. Board of Assessors of GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Green Acre Baha'i Institute v. Town of EliotSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1954
  3. Holbrook Island Sanctuary v. Inhabitants of BrooksvilleSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1965
  4. Central Maine Power Company v. Devereux Marine, Inc.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
  5. Trustees of Vermont Wild Land Foundation v. Town of PittsfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1979

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Hans Utsch et al. v. Department of Environmental ProtectionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2024
  2. Platte River Crane Trust v. Hall Cty. Bd. of Equal.Nebraska Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Roque Island Gardner Homestead Corporation v. Town of JonesportSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2021

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