Barnes v. City of Detroit

This appeal involves the construction of the veterans’ homestead exemption *172provision of the general property tax act.1 The factual background is as follows:

Plaintiff-appellee is a veteran of World War II with a service-connected disability recognized by the United States Veterans’ Administration for which he receives compensation. He owns a two-fifths undivided interest in common in certain real estate in the city of Detroit. The remaining three-fifths interest is owned by his cotenant, Ruth C. Barnes, who purchased it with her separate funds. Ruth C. Barnes is plaintiff’s wife and they…