FAIRCHILD HILLER v. SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS

[No. 109, September Term, 1972.]

267 Md. 519 (1973)

298 A.2d 148

FAIRCHILD HILLER CORPORATION v. SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided January 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Mackley, with whom were Mackley, Gilbert & France on the brief, for appellant.

E. Stephen Derby, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and BARNES, McWILLIAMS, SINGLEY, SMITH, DIGGES and LEVINE, JJ.


SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Human nature being what it is, the average taxpayer wishes to purchase at the lowest possible cost and to be assessed for tax purposes at the lowest possible amount, but to sell for the highest dollar amount possible. Here appellant, Fairchild Hiller Corporation (Fairchild), is unhappy with the assessment on its real estate in Washington County. It does not wish to concede that it may have bought a bargain. Its appeal...

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