SILVERMAN v. TOWN OF ALTON


451 A.2d 103 (1982)

Paul H. SILVERMAN, et al. v. TOWN OF ALTON, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided October 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Twitchell, Linscott & Badger, P. A., Frederick J. Badger (orally), Bangor, for plaintiffs.

Goodman & Kornreich, Michael E. Goodman (orally), Bangor, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., NICHOLS, CARTER, VIOLETTE and WATHEN, JJ., and DUFRESNE, A. R. J.


DUFRESNE, Active Retired Justice.

The issue in this case is whether certain real estate owned by the plaintiff-appellants as trustees of the Hirundo Wildlife Trust is exempt from taxation under 36 M.R.S.A. § 652. After a jury-waived trial in which the plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment against the Town of Alton and the three individual defendants in their capacities as members of that town's Board of Tax Assessors, and against the town for reimbursement...

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