Legal Opinion
Hamilton Manufacturing Co. v. City of Lowell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 24, 1931PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This is a complaint under G. L. c. 59, § 65, by way of appeal from the refusal of the assessors of the defendant to abate taxes assessed as of April 1, 1927, upon the land, buildings and machinery of the complainant. The case, after being referred to a commissioner, was heard upon his report and other evidence by a judge of the Superior Court.
Both parties alleged exceptions and filed separate bills of exceptions. In each is printed the comprehensive and long report of the commissioner. This was a needless expense and a troublesome increase in the bulk of the papers. A single copy of that…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Duggan v. Bay State Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Boston & Albany Railroad v. ReardonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- Mills v. Taunton Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- City of Boston v. TurnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Slocum v. Natural Products Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Sontag v. GalerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Choate v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Anderson v. DeVriesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
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