Finkle v. Town of Rochester

Robert Melik Finkle appeals the decision of the Vermont State Board of Appraisers, who heard ¡his tax appeal in absentia and affirmed the 1979 appraisal of his real estate by the Board of Listers and the Board of Civil Authority of the Town of Rochester. He contends that the Board of Appraisers abused its discretion in notifying him that his case would be continued until his return from an architectural study tour in Europe, and then setting his case for hearing while he was out of the country. We agree and therefore remand for a new hearing.

The Board originally set the appeal for hearing on…