Langford v. Town of Newton

This reserved case requires us to review the granting of a petition for abatement of 1976 real estate taxes. RSA 76:17 (Supp. 1977). The Master (Mayland H. Morse, Jr., Esq.) held a hearing and recommended the abatement, and the Court (King, J.) approved the report and entered “a decree accordingly.” The issues reserved and transferred by the Court (Contas, J.) are whether the plaintiffs are “persons aggrieved” as defined by RSA 76:16 and :17 (Supp. 1977), and whether they have complied with the inventory filing requirements of RSA 74:7.

On April 1, 1976, Granite Trust owned the premises that…