Legal Opinion
Black Rock Golf Club, LLC v. Board of Assessors of Hingham
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 9, 2012No. 10-P-688Published
1Opinion of the CourtSikora, J.
In this appeal we must review the valuation of the real property of a golf course country club for the purpose of municipal taxation. The owner of the real property (club or club facilities) is Black Rock Golf Club, LLC (Black Rock). The board of assessors of the town of Hingham (assessors) valued the club at $20 million for fiscal year 2006 and at $18.6 million for fiscal year 2007.1 Those values resulted in tax bills of $186,760 and $169,911, respectively. In both years Black Rock filed an application for abatement. The assessors denied both applications. Black Rock appealed to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Jet Spray Cooler, Inc. v. CramptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- General Electric Co. v. Board of AssessorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Correia v. New Bedford Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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