President & Trustees of Williams College v. Assessors of Williamstown
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court, from the decision of the respondents, on a petition for an abatement of taxes assessed upon the petitioner’s property in Williamstown. Trial, without a jury, before Maynard, J., who found ,for the petitioner; and the respondents alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion. The case was argued at the bar in September, 1896, and afterwards was submitted on briefs to all the judges except Barker, J.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is a proceeding under St. 1890, c. 127, for the abatement of taxes assessed as of May 1, 1895, upon the property of Williams College, and it was heard by the Superior Court upon the report of a commissioner appointed pursuant to the fifth section of the statute. The commissioner reported the facts found by him, with the evidence, and on these facts and *506the evidence the presiding justice found for the petitioner, and refused to give certain rulings requested by the respondents.
It was conceded at the argument in this court that Williams College is a literary institution, and that it had…
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