Cinch Manufacturing Co. v. Rosewell

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The petitioner, Commonwealth Edison Company (Edison), appeals from the trial court’s denial of a motion to amend its petition for a return of personal property taxes paid under protest. The trial court found that 13 articles of personal property in dispute were not part of a timely filed petition and therefore it lacked jurisdiction to permit the amendment. Edison appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in denying its proposed amendment. We affirm.

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