Consumers Power Co. v. State

Claimant brought suits in the Court of Claims for refund of additional assessments of annual privilege fees paid by it under protest for the years 1962-1965. The Court of Claims judge granted claimant’s motions for summary judgments. Defendants filed claims of appeal to the Court of Appeals. We granted claimant’s application for leave to by-pass that Court.

Claimant contends these cases are controlled by Corporation & Securities Commission v. Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (1968), 381 Mich 116, and Detroit Edison Company v. Corporation é Securities Commission (1962), 367 Mich 104. In…