Legal Opinion
County of Middlesex v. City of Waltham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1932PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
These are actions of contract to recover money paid for taxes alleged to have been assessed contrary to law. The cases were referred to a commissioner and were heard upon his report supplemented by an agreed statement of facts. His findings of fact are prima facie true. G. L. c. 59, § 67. South Lancaster Academy v. Lancaster, 242 Mass. 553, 555, 556. The facts thus found, stated summarily, are these: The land on which the taxes were assessed was acquired by the plaintiff in conformity to the mandate of St. 1916, c. 286, for a tuberculosis hospital. Two purchases to that end were made, one in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Duffy v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Commonwealth v. McNaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Inhabitants of Worcester County v. Mayor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Inhabitants of Essex County v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- County of Essex v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Boylston Water District v. Tahanto Regional School DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
- Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. J. G. McCrory Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- County Commissioners v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Assessors of Quincy v. Cunningham FoundationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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