Legal Opinion

Tregor v. Board of Assessors of Boston

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 23, 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

377 Mass. 602 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 538

NORMAN TREGOR, trustee,

vs.

BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF BOSTON (and seven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 3, 1979.

March 23, 1979.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, LIACOS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

Walter H. McLaughlin, Jr. (Walter H. McLaughlin, Sr., with him) for the Board of Assessors of Boston.

Arthur D. Altman for the taxpayer.

BRAUCHER, J.

We are asked to reconsider the remedy available to a taxpayer who is a victim of disproportionate assessment. Under our decisions "a taxpayer has a right to have his…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Sioux City Bridge Co. v. Dakota CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Deitch Co. v. Board of Property AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. In Re the Appeals of Kents 2124 Atlantic Ave., Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
  4. Ed Guth Realty, Inc. v. GingoldNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
  5. Bettigole v. Assessors of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961

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