AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING, INC. v. TOWN OF MANCHESTER

No. 86-377.

557 A.2d 900 (1989)

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING, INC. v. TOWN OF MANCHESTER and Village of Manchester.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Eichel, Manchester Center, and Joy C. Frank, Dorset, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph J. O'Dea, P.C., Manchester, for defendant-appellee Town of Manchester.

W. Michael Nawrath, Manchester Center, for defendant-appellee Village of Manchester.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON and MAHADY, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals a declaratory judgment of the Bennington Superior Court determining that plaintiff is not exempt from property taxation under 32 V.S.A. § 3802(4), but that the Town could vote to exempt plaintiff from property taxes pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 3840. We reverse.

I.

Neither party questions the trial court's findings, which reveal the following relevant facts. Plaintiff is a nonprofit, Vermont corporation, exempt...

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