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PARKINSON v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF MEDFIELD

395 Mass. 643 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 491

ELLEN L. PARKINSON vs. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF MEDFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casimir de Rham, Jr. (John A. Perkins & Christine Way with him) for the plaintiff.

Charles Fuller, Jr., Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board, which affirmed the refusal of the board of assessors of Medfield (board) to abate the tax assessed on real estate owned by Ellen L. Parkinson. We conclude that the conservation easement granted by Parkinson, which placed substantial restrictions on the future development of her land, was invalid and unenforceable. Consequently, the board correctly refused to consider those restrictions when...

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