Legal Opinion
Chase v. Town of MacHiasport
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 9, 1998PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, J.
[¶ 1] . Robert and Charlotte Chase appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Washington County, Alexander, J.) affirming the decision of the Washington County Commissioners declining their request for a property tax abatement. The Chases argue that the Commissioners erred by failing to independently determine the value of their property; that the Commissioners violated the Maine Freedom of Access Act; and that the Commissioners erred by assessing the Chases’ property as shorefront, rather than shoreview, property. Because we agree that the Commissioners erred in treating the property as…
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