Legal Opinion
McCullough v. Town of Sanford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided December 27, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
Plaintiffs, Gregory and Christine McCullough, appeal from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Cole, C.J.) affirming the decision of the Sanford Board of Assessment Review (Board) denying their request for a tax abatement. The McCul-loughs argue that the Board applied an inappropriate burden of proof and that it erred in not finding that their real estate had been substantially overassessed. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment.
The property in question was assessed in April, 1994 at a value of $124,000. The McCulloughs purchased the property in…
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