Weinstock v. Town of Hull

The plaintiffs bring this bill for declaratory relief to challenge the constitutionality of that portion of G. L. c. 59, § 5, Twentieth, as amended through St. 1972, c. 144, § 1, which exempts a person’s household furniture and effects from the local property tax, if that property is “used or commonly kept in or about the dwelling of which he is [the] owner of record or for the use of which he is obligated to pay rent, and which is the place of his domicile” (emphasis supplied).

The plaintiffs are residents of the Commonwealth who are domiciled in municipalities other than Hull. Each plaintiff…