BOSTON v. MAC-GRAY CO.


371 Mass. 825 (1977)

359 N.E.2d 946

CITY OF BOSTON vs. Mac-GRAY COMPANY, INC. (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald J. Wood for Mac-Gray Company, Inc.

Robert E. Brooks, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the city of Boston.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

Mac-Gray Company, Inc. (taxpayer), a domestic business corporation, owns self-service, coin-operated washing machines and drying machines which it has placed in the basements of certain apartment houses in Boston under an agreement with the owner of the apartment houses. The city asserts that the washing machines and dryers are subject to a personal property tax. The taxpayer argues that the property is exempt...

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