Legal Opinion

Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. v. Department of Revenue

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 1955No. Docket 46, Calendar 46,358PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtButzel, J.

The Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, a Michigan corporation, brought suit against the Michigan department of revenue in the court of claims to recover the sum of $4,018.50 constituting sales tax paid after an adverse decision by the State board of tax appeals. There is very little dispute as to the material facts in the case. Plaintiff operated a line of large passenger ships over the following routes:(a) Buffalo division—One steamer left Detroit, Michigan, for Buffalo, New York, and another left Buffalo for Detroit every afternoon during the navigation season; each arrived at its…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Western Live Stock v. Bureau of RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Freeman v. HewitSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. McGoldrick v. Berwind-White Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. McLeod v. J. E. Dilworth Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Michigan-Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. CalvertSupreme Court of the United States · 1954

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. World Book, Inc v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company v. Louis M. Nims, State Commissioner of Revenue of the Michigan Department of RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
  3. Terco, Inc v. Department of TreasuryMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
  4. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Corporation & Securities CommissionMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co. v. NimsDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1956

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