Legal Opinion
Cheney v. Assessors of the Town of Dover
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 17, 1910PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
These petitioners presented to the assessors of the town of Dover an application for an abatement of a tax alleged to have been assessed erroneously. The assessors refused to abate the tax, and gave written notice to the petitioners of their decision, as required by the R. L. c. 12; § 76. This notice was given on June 29, 1909. The petitioners, feeling aggrieved by the refusal of the assessors, and acting under the provision which is found in the R. L. c. 12, § 78, and in St. 1909, c. 490, Part I. § 77, attempted to take an appeal to the Superior Court, and on Thursday, August 5, 1909, filed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- National Bank of Commerce v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Brodbine v. Inhabitants of RevereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Wheatland v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Custy v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Peterson v. City of WalthamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
3Cited by17 opinions
- Board of Assessors v. Suffolk Law SchoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- International Paper Co. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Welch v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Hamilton Manufacturing Co. v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Old Colony Railroad v. Assessors of QuincyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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