ASSESSORS OF DOVER v. DOMINICAN FATHERS PROVINCE


334 Mass. 530 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 225

ASSESSORS OF DOVER vs. DOMINICAN FATHERS PROVINCE OF ST. JOSEPH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Powers, (Walter Powers, Jr., with him,) for the assessors of Dover.

Albert L. Hyland, (James J. Walsh with him,) for the taxpayer.

Present: RONAN, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

This is an appeal by the board of assessors of the town of Dover from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board which abated in full the real estate tax levied on property owned by the Dominican Fathers Province of St. Joseph, hereinafter called the taxpayer. This decision was based upon the ground that the property assessed is exempt from taxation under G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 59, § 5, Third.

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