Ditland Plumbing, Inc. v. Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Ditland Plumbing, Inc. (plaintiff) brought a class action against Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation (defendant) involving collection of taxes by defendant from plaintiff and other persons who are aHegedly similarly situated. After hearing all of the evidence the trial court entered final judgment that the matter was properly brought as a class action so that refunds and other relief were ordered for the alleged class. Defendant has appealed.

Although the briefs before us raise a number of issues, we believe that the dispositive…