Legal Opinion
Donovan v. City of Haverhill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 28, 1923PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
This action came before the Superior Court, under the provisions of G. L. c. 59, § 65, on appeal from the refusal of the assessors of city of Haverhill to abate taxes assessed in 1921 upon the real estate of the petitioners; and is before this court upon the facts and rulings contained in the report of a judge of that court.
The property assessed was leased to tenants with terms commencing some years before, and ending some years *70after, the 1921 taxable year. When leased, the rents reserved were fair; when the tax was laid in 1921 the properties could have been rented for several thousand…
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