Caverly-Gould Co. v. Village of Springfield
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Heard on bill and answer at tbe June Term, 1909, Windsor County, Hall, Chancellor. Decree for the orator. The defendants appealed.
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Appeal in Chancery. Heard on bill and answer at tbe June Term, 1909, Windsor County, Hall, Chancellor. Decree for the orator. The defendants appealed. The pleadings show that defendant Fairbanks is collector of taxes of the village of Springfield; that the orator is a corporation organized under the laws of this State on June 1, 1898; that at a special meeting duly held on March 26, 1898, the town of Springfield voted “to exempt from taxation for a period of ten years all manufacturing establishments investing a capital of over five thousand dollars which may be established and put in…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
Section. 365 of the Vermont Statutes, under which this case arose, reads as follows: “Manufacturing establishments, (except for manufacturing pulp, rough sawed lumber or charcoal), quarries, mines, and such machinery, tramways, appliances and buildings as are necessary for prosecuting the business, machinery put into unoccupied buildings, and all capital and personal property used in such business, if the amount invested exceeds one thousand dollars, may be exempt from taxation not exceeding ten years from the commencement of business if the town so votes. Such real and personal estate shall…
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