CUMMINGTON SCHOOL v. BD. OF ASSESSORS OF CUMMINGTON


373 Mass. 597 (1977)

369 N.E.2d 457

CUMMINGTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, INC. vs. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF CUMMINGTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra Shapiro for the plaintiff.

Harley M. Sacks for the defendant.

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


WILKINS, J.

Cummington School of the Arts, Inc. (CSA), appeals from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board (board) denying CSA an abatement from local property taxes assessed from 1972 through June 30, 1975. CSA, which owns 150 acres of land and various buildings in Cummington, claims that its real and personal property is exempt from taxation under G.L.c. 59, § 5, Third, as property of a "literary, benevolent, charitable or scientific institution." The board...

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