Inhabitants of Orono v. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for plaintiffs. Action of debt to recover a tax for the year 1907, assessed by the plaintiff town against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society, a corporation located in the plaintiff town.
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On report. Judgment for plaintiffs. Action of debt to recover a tax for the year 1907, assessed by the plaintiff town against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Society, a corporation located in the plaintiff town. When the action came on for trial, an agreed statement of facts was filed and the case was reported to the Law Court upon the same with the stipulation that "if upon such facts the court is of opinion that the action is maintainable judgment is to be entered for the plaintiffs for the sum of $84.00 with interest as claimed in the writ, otherwise, the plaintiffs are to be nonsuit.” The…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This is an action of debt for a municipal tax for the year 1907 and comes to this court on an agreed statement of facts. The defendant admits that the assessment of the tax and all of the proceedings connected therewith are regular in form, but denies liability on the ground that the property is exempt from taxation. It appeará from the agreed statement that the defendant, a Greek letter fraternity, is a corporation organized November 13, 1903, under the general laws of this State for the purpose of "erecting and maintaining a chapter house on the campus of the University of Maine, and to…
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