Legal Opinion
Burns Philp Food, Inc. v. Cavalea Continental Freight, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 1998No. 97-2557, 97-2737PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Nabisco broke up a tract of industrial real estate in Chicago. Cavalea Continental Freight bought several parcels and Burns Philp Food the remainder. In 1986 real estate records were changed to reflect these transactions, but something went awry. Tax officials treated Burns Philp as the owner of two parcels that Cavalea had purchased, and Burns Philp paid without inquiry or protest. In mid-1993 Bums Philp finally noticed that since 1987 it had paid almost $125,000 in taxes on Cavalea’s land, and it sought reimbursement. Instead of resolving matters amicably, these…
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