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WEST MICH. ANNUAL CONF. v. GRAND RAPIDS

No. 352703.

969 N.W.2d 813 (2021)

336 Mich. App. 132

WEST MICHIGAN ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Petitioner-Appellee, v. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided February 25, 2021, 9:05 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lennon, Miller, O'Connor & Bartosiewicz, Kalamazoo (by Andrew J. Vorbrich and Christopher D. Morris) for the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Toby Koenig and Jason C. Grinnell, Assistant City Attorneys, for the city of Grand Rapids.

Before: Swartzle, P.J., and Markey and Tukel, JJ.

Since 1893, the General Property Tax Act has generally excluded a "parsonage" from being subject to the property tax. In this case, respondent, the city of Grand Rapids, argues that a home owned by petitioner and lived in by Reverend Doctor Margie Crawford, an ordained minister who does not have a designated congregation but who occupies...

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