Legal Opinion
Codman v. Assessors of Westwood
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 26, 1941PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
This petition for a writ of mandamus alleges that the petitioner was the owner of a certain parcel of land in Westwood upon which a tax, based upon a valuation of $43,800 as determined by the board of assessors of said town, was assessed for the years 1935 and 1936; that he never filed any applications for the abatement of these taxes; that he paid a part of the taxes assessed for each of said years; that in 1937 the value of this parcel was reduced to $28,200 by the said ássessors, who have since made no change in its valuation; that the property was worth no more in 1935 and 1936 than it…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Choate v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Callahan v. City of WoburnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Central National Bank v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Harrington v. GliddenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Town of Norwood v. Norwood Civic Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Amory v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Leigh v. Commissioner of Public Health & CharitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Town of Needham v. County CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- E. B. Horn Co. v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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