New England Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Boston

The plaintiff New England Mutual Life Insurance Company brought four actions of contract against the city of Boston' to recover taxes paid by it upon personal property which was in its possession under various leases upon the first days of January 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945, respectively. The plaintiff John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company also brought four actions to recover taxes paid by it upon personal property leased to it and in its possession on the above mentioned dates. The four actions of each plaintiff were submitted to a judge of the Superior Court upon a case stated. The…