Portland Terminal Co. v. Hinds

The above case comes to this court upon exceptions by the appellees to the decree of the Superior Court sustaining the appeal of the appellant from the refusal of the appellees, in their capacity as assessors for the City of Portland, to grant an abatement of taxes assessed against it.

The essential facts are as follows. Upon land owned by the appellant, the Portland Terminal Company, a railroad corporation, were forty-one buildings owned by parties other than the appellant and occupied by such owners. These *70buildings were established and maintained by the respective owners upon land leased by…