deZAHARA v. Weiss

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Newport County Superior Court granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The plaintiff alleges that the trial justice erred in finding that she was not a proper party to bring a complaint for relief from a tax assessment since she was not the owner of the taxed property on the date of assessment.

On December 31, 1981, the real estate known as Cave Cliff and owned by Columbus O’Donnell was valued by the defendant tax assessor at $60,000. One year later, the property was in the process of being revalued. The plaintiff, Betty Byrne…