Paine v. Assessors of Weston

This is an appeal from a decision of the board of tax appeals refusing abatement of a tax assessed on real estate in the town of Weston as of January 1, 1935. The case was heard by the board on an agreed statement of facts.

The taxpayers on January 1, 1935, were the owners of a certain parcel of real estate which was valued by the assessors at $34,500, divided as follows: “House......$850 Carriage House......150 247.70 acres of land...... 33,500.” The “item ‘247.70 acres of land $33,500’ took into account, as an element in the value of the land, the value of certain nursery stock planted…