Sims v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.

397 Mich. 469 (1976)

245 N.W.2d 13

SIMS

v.

FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

Docket No. 56484, (Calendar No. 4).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued November 5, 1975.

Decided August 26, 1976.

Joseph Covington, for plaintiffs.

Poole, Littell & Sutherland (by Richard D. Grow and Jonathan R. Harris), for defendants.

LINDEMER, J.

Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and a class of similarly situated individuals, originally filed a complaint against "The Firestone Store" and the State of Michigan to recover $10,000,000. Plaintiffs alleged that they were unlawfully subjected to payments of "sales taxes" on…