PRESERVATION SOC. OF NEWPORT CO. v. ASSESSOR OF TAXES

No. 224-Appeal.

247 A.2d 430 (1968)

The PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY v. ASSESSOR OF TAXES OF the CITY OF NEWPORT.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corcoran, Peckham & Hayes, William W. Corcoran, Newport, for petitioner.

Joseph M. Hall, Asst. City Sol., Newport, for respondent.


OPINION

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

This petition was filed in the superior court pursuant to the provisions of G.L. 1956, § 44-5-26, seeking relief from an assessment of taxes against certain real and personal properties of the petitioner, The Preservation Society of Newport County, hereinafter referred to as the Society. The record discloses that the general assembly chartered the Society in 1946 for "* * * antiquarian...

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