NEWHALL v. ASSESSORS OF BROOKLINE


329 Mass. 100 (1952)

106 N.E.2d 432

CHARLES A. NEWHALL & others vs. ASSESSORS OF BROOKLINE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

May 8, 1952.

June 2, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Lincoln, for the petitioners.

Daniel G. Rollins, (Daniel A. Rollins with him,) for the respondents.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, RONAN, WILKINS, & SPALDING, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

This petition by not less than ten taxable inhabitants of Brookline, purportedly under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 40, § 53, assails the constitutionality of St. 1951, c. 640, which, effective January 1, 1952, amended G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 59, § 5, Twentieth, as amended by St. 1947, c. 310, by increasing the exemption from taxation of household furniture and certain other personal effects from $1,000 to $5,000.1 An injunction...

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