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TREGOR v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF BOSTON

377 Mass. 602 (1979)

387 N.E.2d 538

NORMAN TREGOR, trustee, vs. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF BOSTON (and seven companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter H. McLaughlin, Jr. (Walter H. McLaughlin, Sr., with him) for the Board of Assessors of Boston.

Arthur D. Altman for the taxpayer.

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

BRAUCHER, J.

We are asked to reconsider the remedy available to a taxpayer who is a victim of disproportionate assessment. Under our decisions "a taxpayer has a right to have his assessment reduced so that it is `proportional to the assessments of the class of property valued at the lowest percentage of fair cash value.'" Assessors of Weymouth v. Curtis, 375 Mass. 493, 501 (1978), quoting Shoppers' World, Inc.<...

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