Edwards Manufacturing Co. v. Farrington
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Petition denied. Petition by plaintiff company for a writ of mandamus to compel the Assessors of the City of Augusta to take action upon its application to them for an abatement on the taxes assessed against the plaintiff company, for the year 1904. This petition was filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, Kennebec County, and after its filing the following agreement in relation to the matter was made: “In the above petition for madamus, it is stipulated and agreed…
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On report. Petition denied. Petition by plaintiff company for a writ of mandamus to compel the Assessors of the City of Augusta to take action upon its application to them for an abatement on the taxes assessed against the plaintiff company, for the year 1904. This petition was filed in the Supreme Judicial Court, Kennebec County, and after its filing the following agreement in relation to the matter was made: “In the above petition for madamus, it is stipulated and agreed between counsel for the petitioner and for the respondents that the case shall be heard on the fourteenth day of…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
This is a petition by the Edwards Manufacturing Company for a writ of mandamus to the tax assessors of the city of Augusta to compel them to act upon its application to them for an abatement on its taxes for the year 1904. The case comes before the Law Court on report, but without any finding of facts or report of evidence. From the petition and answer, however, the following appear to be the material facts.
The Edwards Manufacturing Company, the petitioner, is a Maine corporation and had property taxable in Augusta on the first day of April 1904. Assuming that it was not an inhabitant of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tennant v. CrockerMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Mitchell v. BoardmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
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