Coventry Co. v. Assessors of Taxes
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition to this court under Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 43, §§ 15, 16, for the return of a tax assessed and collected.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The petitioner, a manufacturing corporation possessed of a considerable amount of personal property, made return to the assessors of taxes as follows : “ No ratable personal estate over and above the actual indebtedness of the company.” To this petition, wbicb asks judgment for the amount assessed and paid on personal estate as overtaxation, the respondents reply that the return made as above does not comply with the requirement of the statute.
Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 43, § 6, provides that, before assessing a tax, the assessors shall give a notice requiring “ every person or body corporate to…
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