Legal Opinion
Town of Cambridge v. Bassett
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided November 2, 1982No. 117-81PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBillings, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the Northwest Board of Appraisers prohibiting the Town of Cambridge from considering a property owner’s source of income in determining whether to extend to that owner the benefits of its Farmer’s Tax Stabilization Contract.
In August of 1979, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett petitioned the selectmen of the Town of Cambridge (hereinafter Town) to allow them, as owners of farmland, to enter into one of the tax stabilization contracts which the Town regularly offered to eligible property owners. The selectmen denied the Bassetts’ petition, declaring that in order to be…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- In Re McGrathSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
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