BOSTON GAS CO. v. ASSESSORS OF BOSTON


334 Mass. 549 (1956)

137 N.E.2d 462

BOSTON GAS COMPANY vs. ASSESSORS OF BOSTON (and twenty-three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hanify & James S. Eastham, (Donald R. Grant & John A. Gage with them,) for the taxpayer.

Lewis H. Weinstein, Special Assistant Corporation Counsel, (William L. Baxter, Corporation Counsel, & Jerome Preston, Jr., with him,) for the assessors of Boston.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WILKINS, C.J.

Of these twenty-four appeals from decisions of the Appellate Tax Board, sixteen are by Boston Gas Company (formerly Boston Consolidated Gas Company) and eight are by the board of assessors of Boston. The controversies relate to the taxes paid upon personal property by the company for the years 1944 to 1951, inclusive. The tax board granted a partial abatement of each tax but much less than the company sought. For each year the gas company has two appeals...

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