Legal Opinion
Stege v. Department of Treasury
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 24, 2002No. Docket 231091PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connell, J.
Petitioners, William C. Stege and Chenie Stege, appeal as of right the Tax Tribunal’s November 6, 2000, judgment denying petitioners a Michigan homestead exemption from their property taxes and reversing the hearing referee’s decision granting the exemption. The tribunal held that Michigan law allows only one homestead exemption and that petitioners had already claimed one for their Illinois home, where they had filed income tax returns as residents. We reverse.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
The parties stipulated the following facts. In 1983, petitioners married and bought the homestead at issue, a…
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