MURRAY CORPORATION OF AMERICA v. CITY OF DETROIT

Civ. A. No. 12108.

132 F.Supp. 899 (1955)

The MURRAY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF DETROIT, a Michigan Municipal corporation, and County of Wayne, a Michigan Constitutional Body Corporate, Defendants, The United States of America, Intervenor.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 23, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butzel, Eaman, Long, Gust & Kennedy, Detroit, Mich., Victor W. Klein, James D. Ritchie, William M. Saxton, Detroit, Mich., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Paul T. Dwyer, Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., Bert R. Sogge, Julius C. Pliskow, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for the City of Detroit.

Gerald K. O'Brien, Pros. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Hobart Taylor, Jr., Aloysius J. Suchy, Asst. Prosecuting Attys., Detroit, Mich., for the County of Wayne.

H. Brian Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Andrew D. Sharpe, Lyle M. Turner, Erwin A. Goldstein, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Frederick W. Kaess, U. S. Atty., John L. Owen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for the United States.


THORNTON, District Judge.

The Murray Corporation, plaintiff herein, brings this action to recover ad valorem personal property taxes assessed by the City of Detroit, County of Wayne, upon personal property in the possession of the Murray Corporation, said taxes having been paid by the plaintiff under protest. The amount assessed by the City was $67,714.96, and that by the County was $12,572.66. The United States of America...

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