BOARD OF REVIEW OF MACON COUNTY v. PROPERTY TAX APP. BD.

No. 5-97-0488.

692 N.E.2d 417 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 242

229 Ill.Dec. 644

BOARD OF REVIEW OF MACON COUNTY and The County of Macon, Petitioners, v. PROPERTY TAX APPEAL BOARD OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS and the A.E. Staley Company, Respondents.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided March 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence R. Fichter, State's Attorney (Court-appointed), Decatur, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Springfield, John X. Breslin, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, Arthur B. Cornell (argued), David O. Edwards, Giffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, P.C., Springfield, for Board of Review of Macon County.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Marcia L. McCormick, Assistant Attorney General (argued), Chicago, for Property Tax Appeal Board.

A. James Shafter (argued), James E. Peckert, Kehart, Shafter, Hughes & Webber, P.C., Decatur, Patrick C. Doody, Gregory Lafakis, Doody and Lafakis, Ltd., Chicago, for A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company.


Justice GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, A.E. Staley Company (Staley), the owner of a large, corn wet mill in Decatur (Staley property), brought a complaint before petitioner, the Board of Review of Macon County (Review Board), alleging the Staley property had been overassessed for the 1995 tax year. 35 ILCS 200/16-95 (West 1996). According to the record, the Staley property had received a tax assessment for that year in the amount of $10,735...

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