Trustees of the Hawes Fund v. City of Boston

This is an action of contract to recover back taxes paid pursuant to alleged illegal assessments on numerous parcels of real estate. The case was heard on a case stated and the judge ordered judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. Gr. L. e. 231, § 96.

The plaintiff is a corporation, the name of which is “Trustees of the Hawes Fund in Boston,” hereinafter Hawes Fund. It was formed by special act (St. 1831, c. 55, § 1) to receive property left in trust for charitable and religious purposes by John Hawes who died in 1829. On April 21,1961, Hawes Fund, pursuant to G-. L. c. 59, § 29…