Legal Opinion
Troy Conference Academy v. Town of Poultney
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 3, 1949PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSherburne, J.
This is a bill in chancery to restrain the defendants from assessing or collecting any future taxes with respect to a piece of real estate owned by the plaintiff and known as the “Humphrey House”, and to require the repayment of taxes thereon for the year 1945, which had been paid under protest. After hearing and filing of findings of fact a decree was entered for the plaintiff, and the cause has been brought here upon exceptions by the defendants.
The findings show the following facts: The plaintiff was incorporated under the name of Troy Conference Academy in 1834, by an act of the General…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Trustees of Phillips Academy v. Inhabitants of AndoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Emerson v. Trustees of Milton AcademyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- President & Fellows of Harvard College v. Assessors of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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