City of Detroit v. Fruehauf Trailer Co.

This case involves the right of the city of Detroit to recover certain taxes from defendant under an assessment made by the State tax commission. The facts are not in dispute. They are fully set forth in the record in the instant case and in the records in the prior cases, hereinafter cited, between the parties. In 1947 the board of assessors of plaintiff city increased the valuation of defendant’s personal property to $4,679,020. Defendant paid the tax bill rendered in the sum of $133,749.79. Thereafter, as it is claimed, said board conducted an investigation and came to the conclusion that…