§ 710. Consolidation of proceedings. A justice before whom separate
petitions to review assessments of real property are pending may on his
own motion consolidate or order to be tried together two or more
proceedings where the same grounds of review are asserted and a common
question of law or fact is presented, except that a proceeding to review
a special franchise assessment for the year nineteen hundred fifty-four
or any year thereafter shall not be consolidated or ordered to be tried
together with a proceeding to review a special franchise assessment for
the year nineteen hundred fifty-three or any year prior thereto.