Legal Opinion

Tremont & Suffolk Mills v. City of Lowell

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 26, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Petition to the Superior Court, under St. 1890, c. 127, for a reduction of the valuation of the petitioner’s property in Lowell, and an abatement of the tax assessed thereon.

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Petition to the Superior Court, under St. 1890, c. 127, for a reduction of the valuation of the petitioner’s property in Lowell, and an abatement of the tax assessed thereon. After the former decision, reported 163 Mass. 283, the case was heard in the Superior Court, before Richardson, J., upon the petitioner’s motion for interest on the amount of the abatement; and from the ruling and order of the court in favor of the petitioner the respondent appealed, and also alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.

Upon the hearing of this cause in the Superior Court, it was found that the petitioner’s estate was overvalued by the assessors, an abatement was granted to the amount of $5,169.57, and an order for judgment for that amount was, on June 2, 1893, ordered to be entered. Judgment, was not in fact entered because of the respondent’s exceptions, which on March 2, 1895, were overruled by this court in the decision reported 163 Mass. 283. The petition is maintained under St. 1890, c. 127. While the respondent’s exceptions were pending in' this court, on February 26, 1895, the St. 1895, c. 75, went…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Tremont & Suffolk Mills v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wynn v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
  2. D'AMICO v. CarigliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
  3. Tibbetts v. TibbettsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1915

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