HOLBROOK ISLAND SANCTUARY v. INHABITANTS OF TOWN


214 A.2d 660 (1965)

HOLBROOK ISLAND SANCTUARY v. The INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF BROOKSVILLE et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hale & Hamlin, by Atherton Fuller, Ellsworth, for plaintiff.

Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, by Arnold L. Veague, Bangor, for defendants.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, MARDEN and RUDMAN, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

This is a complaint for a declaratory judgment and other relief designed to establish whether plaintiff's real estate used as a wildlife sanctuary is exempt from taxation by statute. R.S.1954, c. 91-A, § 10-II (now 36 M.R.S.A. § 652).1 The plaintiff Holbrook Island Sanctuary is a corporation without capital stock organized under R.S. c. 54, § 1 (now 13 M.R.S.A. § 901) "or for any * * * scientific...

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