Legal Opinion
Leen v. Board of Assessors of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1963PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
These are three appeals, originally by The Boston Terminal Corporation, the taxpayer, 1 from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board with respect to taxes assessed on the South Station terminal and adjacent real estate on Atlantic Avenue, Boston, for the years 1957,1958, and 1959. The basis of the taxpayer’s complaints was overvaluation and the failure of the appellee board of assessors to act upon petitions for abatement within three months. See G-. L. c. 59, § 64, as amended.
The taxes were assessed upon a valuation of $12,221,800. In 1957 the tax was $1,051,074.80, in 1958 $1,136,627.40, and…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- City of Boston v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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