# French v. Board of Assessors of Boston

> Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · April 24, 1981 · 383 Mass. 481

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9707964

## Case

- **Full name:** William E. French vs. Board of Assessors of Boston (And Ten Companion Cases)
- **Court:** Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- **Decided:** April 24, 1981
- **Citations:** 383 Mass. 481; 419 N.E.2d 1372; 1981 Mass. LEXIS 1207
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wilkins
- **Judges:** Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Wilkins, J.
(concurring, with whom Hennessey, C.J., joins). If one accepts the view expressed by the court in *484 Tregor v. Assessors of Boston, 377 Mass. 602, 611-612 (1979), that the taxpayers are entitled to abatements to the level of the class of property that is valued at the lowest percentage of-fair cash value, the result reached by the court in this case is correct. I did not, and do not, agree with the view expressed by the court in its Tregor opinion. See Tregor v. Assessors of Boston, supra at 613 (Wilkins, J., dissenting, with whom Hennessey, C.J., joins). However, because the point has not been raised anew and the court in the Tregor case established the rule of law to be applied in this case, I join in the opinion in this case.

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