Socomet, Inc. v. City of Detroit Socomet, Inc.

This appeal arises from judgment entered in six consolidated actions ordering a re*628fund of personal property taxes for 1967 which the plaintiff paid under protest to the defendant city in the amount of $25,324.48 and to the defendant county in the amount of $3,916.44.

The consolidated actions dealt with 1967, 1968, and 1969 taxes. However, the trial judge limited the proofs to plaintiff’s cases arising out of 1967 taxes. The remaining actions relating to 1968-1969 taxes were held in abeyance pending decision of the first group.

The subject of the assessments were certain quantities of foreign…