· 12/23/1976
Hardy v. Jaeckle
Citations
- 358 N.E.2d 769
- 371 Mass. 573
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 1205
How courts have described this case
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- summarizing statutory requirements for the assessment of real estate taxes to owners unknown
- referring to public policy, rooted in the fiscal needs of municipalities and the necessity for good and reliable record titles to real estate, which militates against requiring assessors to determine ownership of land from information outside the appropriate public records
- assessment should be to owner of record of vacant land except where, as here, the task was practically impossible
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins
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