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WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS LIFECARE CORPORATION v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF SPRINGFIELD

434 Mass. 96 (2001)

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS LIFECARE CORPORATION v. BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF SPRINGFIELD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Lynch (Stephen W. DeCourcey with him) for the defendant.

Jeffrey P. Allen for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

M. Robert Dushman, Jeffrey M. Sacks, Elissa M. McMillen & Stephanie M. Taverna for Rogerson Communities & others.

James F. Sullivan, Jennifer Dopazo & Thomas J. Urbelis for Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers & others.

Martin J. Newhouse & Elaine J. Goldenberg for The Cambridge Homes, Inc., & others.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & SOSMAN, JJ.

SOSMAN, J.

Western Massachusetts Lifecare Corporation (Western) has appealed from a decision of the Appellate Tax Board (board) rejecting Western's request for a property tax abatement. Western claims that it is entitled to a charitable exemption pursuant to G. L. c. 59, § 5, Third. If not exempt, Western further claims that the assessment by the board of assessors of Springfield (assessors) overvalued the property....

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