Order_Correcting_Docket.2026-07-30_07-44-07.pdf
Alpha Home & Property Maint LLC Petitioner V City Of Novi Respondent · 26-002907-TT
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STATE OF MICHIGAN GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON I. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR Alpha Home & Property Maint LLC, Petitioner, MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION v MTT Docket No. 26-002907 City Of Novi, Respondent. ORDER CORRECTING DOCKET The Tribunal has considered the file in this case and finds that this appeal was filed in the name of Robert R Rutherford. The documentation filed with the petition indicates, however, that the record owner of the property and proper petitioner in this matter is Alpha Home & Property Maint LLC. The docket should therefore be corrected to reflect the same, with the originally listed Petitioner as the authorized representative. The noted error is properly corrected under the misnomer doctrine.1 Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the docket shall be CORRECTED as identified above. By: /s/ Patricia L. Halm Entered: July 30, 2026 PROOF OF SERVICE I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized representatives. By: Tribunal Clerk 1 See Vanco 1 LLC v Grand Rapids, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued November 18, 2014 (Docket No. 317305). MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906
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STATE OF MICHIGAN GRETCHEN WHITMER DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS MARLON I. BROWN, DPA GOVERNOR LANSING DIRECTOR Alpha Home & Property Maint LLC, Petitioner, MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION v MTT Docket No. 26-002907 City Of Novi, Respondent. ORDER CORRECTING DOCKET The Tribunal has considered the file in this case and finds that this appeal was filed in the name of Robert R Rutherford. The documentation filed with the petition indicates, however, that the record owner of the property and proper petitioner in this matter is Alpha Home & Property Maint LLC. The docket should therefore be corrected to reflect the same, with the originally listed Petitioner as the authorized representative. The noted error is properly corrected under the misnomer doctrine.2 Therefore, IT IS ORDERED that the docket shall be CORRECTED as identified above. By: /s/ Patricia L. Halm Entered: July 30, 2026 PROOF OF SERVICE I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized representatives. By: Tribunal Clerk 2 See Vanco 1 LLC v Grand Rapids, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued November 18, 2014 (Docket No. 317305). MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906