Stevens v. Bangor Township

Petitioners appeal as of right from the Tax Tribunal’s dismissal of their petition and the denial of their motion for rehearing. The tribunal relied on the failure of counsel for petitioners to attend a counsel conference as required by Tax Tribunal Rule 250. 1 We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

On June 29, 1983, petitioners filed a petition seeking tribunal review of respondent’s 1983 property tax assessment of petitioners’ commercial property in Bangor Township. The petition alleged that the assessment was too high notwithstanding that the Bangor Township Board of Review had…