State Supreme Court / Mass.

Boston Gas Co. v. Assessors of Boston

Decided September 24, 1956. Raymond Sanger Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

137 N.E.2d 462 · Cited 65 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Assessors of Quincy v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co. · 309 Mass. 60
Commonwealth v. Bellino · 320 Mass. 635
Epstein v. Boston Housing Authority · 317 Mass. 297
Amory v. Commonwealth · 321 Mass. 240
Moran v. School Committee · 317 Mass. 591
Tigar v. Mystic River Bridge Authority · 109 N.E.2d 148
Curtin v. Benjamin · 305 Mass. 489
Fisher School v. Assessors of Boston · 91 N.E.2d 657
Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Boston Edison Co. · 310 Mass. 674
Greene v. Cronin · 314 Mass. 336
Arena v. John P. Squire Co. · 321 Mass. 423
Jasper v. Worcester Spinning & Finishing Co. · 318 Mass. 752
American Institute for Economic Research v. Assessors of Great Barrington · 324 Mass. 509
Collector of Taxes v. Cigarette Service Co. · 325 Mass. 162
Assessors of Brockton v. Brockton Olympia Realty Co. · 322 Mass. 351
New England Mutual Life Insurance v. City of Boston · 321 Mass. 683
Mazukna v. Powers · 130 N.E.2d 579
Assessors of Everett v. Albert N. Parlin House, Inc. · 118 N.E.2d 861

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Boston Edison Co. v. Board of Assessors of Watertown · 439 N.E.2d 763
Foxboro Associates v. Board of Assessors · 385 Mass. 679
Leen v. Board of Assessors of Boston · 188 N.E.2d 460
Board of Assessors of Holyoke v. State Tax Commission · 244 N.E.2d 287
General Dynamics Corp. v. Board of Assessors of Quincy · 444 N.E.2d 1266
In Re the Estate of Romnes · 398 A.2d 543
New Boston Garden Corp. v. Board of Assessors · 383 Mass. 456
Boston Gas Co. v. Board of Assessors · 458 Mass. 715
Canavan's Case · 432 Mass. 304
Newton Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority · 138 N.E.2d 769
Commonwealth v. Banuchi · 141 N.E.2d 835
Consumers Power Co. v. Big Prairie Township · 265 N.W.2d 182
Commissioner of Revenue v. Houghton Mifflin Co. · 423 Mass. 42
Police Department of Boston v. Kavaleski · 463 Mass. 680
First Data Corp. v. State Tax Commission · 357 N.E.2d 933
Lipinski v. Lynn Redevelopment Authority · 246 N.E.2d 429
Kuklinska v. Maplewood Homes, Inc. · 146 N.E.2d 523
Bennett v. Board of Assessors of Whitman · 237 N.E.2d 7
Blakeley v. Board of Assessors · 391 Mass. 473
Wakefield Ready-Mixed Concrete Co., Inc. v. State Tax Commission · 247 N.E.2d 869
Stone v. City of Springfield · 168 N.E.2d 76
Montaup Electric Co. v. Bd. of Assessors of Whitman · 460 N.E.2d 583

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