Bunge Corp. v. Lewis

Petitioner, Bunge Corporation, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of Alexander County granting respondent’s motion to dismiss petitioner’s complaint for injunctive relief.

This appeal stems from a dispute over the assessment of real property located in Cairo that is owned by petitioner. In 1981, the circuit court entered an order, pursuant to an agreed settlement, setting the amount of real property tax to be paid by petitioner for the years 1980 through 1983 at $308,000 per year. Respondent, Wilma J. Lewis, as county treasurer and ex officio collector of taxes for Alexander County,…