Blue Ribbon Beef Co. v. Napolitano

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

Blue Ribbon Beef Co., Inc. (Blue), is appealing the dismissal of its case against the defendant Stephen T. Napolitano (in his official capacity as treasurer of the city of Providence) (Napolitano) on statute-of-limitation grounds. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and order the case to proceed on the merits.

The background of this case is recounted in a prior opinion of this court, Providence and Worcester Co. v. Blue Ribbon Beef Co., 463 A.2d 1313 (R.I.1983) (I Blue). Briefly, the facts are as follows. In 1975 Blue began occupancy of a parcel of realty (parcel)…