Legal Opinion
Assessors of Weston v. Trustees of Boston College
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 25, 1937PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C.J.
This proceeding was brought to recover the amounts paid for the years 1928 and 1929 to the town of Weston, by The Society of Jesus of New England (hereafter called the Society), for taxes assessed upon land standing on the records in the name of and assessed to the Trustees of Boston College. The case comes before us by appeal from a decision by the board of tax appeals. The issue of law raised by the appeal is whether upon the relevant facts the land was exempt from taxation under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 59, § 5, Third. Thereby there is exempted from taxation "Personal property of literary,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Russell v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Trustees of Phillips Academy v. Inhabitants of AndoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Quinn v. QuinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Little v. City of NewburyportMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Cook v. HoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Animal Rescue League v. Assessors of BourneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- City of Boston v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Choate v. Assessors of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Assessors of Boston v. LamsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Kirby v. Board of Assessors of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
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