Hospital Purchasing Service of Michigan v. City of Hastings

Plaintiff, Hospital Purchasing Service of Michigan, a nonprofit corporation organized to make more efficient the purchasing of supplies for its member hospitals in order to reduce the cost of hospital care, brings this action to recover real and personal property taxes paid under protest to the defendant city of Hastings. Plaintiff appeals the decision of the circuit court that its property does not qualify for exemption from taxation under the general property tax act, CLS 1961, § 211.7, as last amended by PA 1963, No 148 (Stat Ann 1965 Cum Supp § 7.7) and CLS 1961 § 211.9, as last amended…