Garbitelli v. Town of Brookfield

¶ 1. Taxpayer appeals from a superior court judgment affirming the Town of Brookfield Board of Abatement’s denial of his request for a tax abatement. We affirm.

¶ 2. During the townwide reappraisal in 2007, taxpayer refused to allow the listers to inspect his property, other than the foyer and the basement. His property was assessed at $1.6 million. Taxpayer then appealed from this assessment, and we affirmed, noting that taxpayer had refused entry to the tax assessor and had therefore failed to provide an adequate basis to demonstrate that the assessment was erroneous. Garbitelli v. Town of…