SOCONY-VACUUM OIL COMPANY v. French

143 A.2d 318 (1958)

SOCONY-VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Incorporated

v.

Harold V. FRENCH, Tax Assessor.

Ex. No. 9744.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 26, 1958.

Francis I. McCanna, Francis A. Kelleher, Providence, for petitioner.

Stephen F. Mullen, Sp. Counsel, Providence, for respondent.

ANDREWS, Justice

This is a petition brought under what is now general laws 1956, § 44-5-26, on the ground that the petitioner's real estate in the town of East Providence was assessed as of December 31, 1952 at 12 o'clock noon, the time appointed for the assessment of taxes, at a valuation in excess of its full and fair…