Hustus v. Town of Medway

[¶ 1] Tina Hustus appeals from a judgment entered in, the Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County, Mead, J.) affirming the decision of the Town of Medway Board of Appeals that granted.in part and denied in part Hustus’s application for a property tax abatement. The Board concluded that 36 M.R.S.A. § 841(2) (1990) authorizes a tax abatement based on poverty on the portion of Hustus’s property used as her residence, but not on the portion of the property used for her retail business. Hustus contends that the Board erred in its interpretation of the statute because the statute does not distinguish…