Great Lakes Quick Lube, LP v. City of Milwaukee

¶ 1. Great Lakes Quick Lube, LR (Great Lakes), as tenant and agent of the entities that own four separate parcels of real estate involved in this litigation, is responsible under its lease for payment of property taxes each year. Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 74.37(3)(d) (2007-08),2 Great Lakes sued for refunds of property taxes it paid to the City of Milwaukee for the years 2006 and 2007. The complaint challenges as excessive the City of Milwaukee's real estate tax assessment of the four properties, and asserts that the assessment violated the uniformity requirement of Article VIII, Section 1 of…