Legal Opinion
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc. v. Board of Assessors
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1936PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This is a petition by the appellant, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc., for the abatement of a real property tax assessed by the city of Boston for the year 1934. The appellant contends that the property upon which the tax was levied is exempt as the property of a “literary, benevolent, charitable and scientific” institution within the meaning of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 59, § 5.
The following material facts were found by the Board of Tax Appeals. The Boston Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1881, by the late Henry L. Higginson, as a helpful and beneficial element in the life of a community and an…
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