Answer to 2915 John R Street 26-002729.pdf
2915 John R Street LLC Petitioner Vs. City Of Detroit Respondent · 26-002729-TT
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1 STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING & REGULATORY AFFAIRS MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 2915 JOHN R STREET LLC Petitioner, v CITY OF DETROIT, Docket No. 26-002729 -MTT Respondent. Parcel No. 01004061.003 ________________________________________________________________________________/ ANSWER TO PROPERTY TAX PETITION( AMENDED) Respondent, City of Detroit, by and through it undersigned counsel and for its Answer to this Petition states the following: 1. Respondent, City of Detroit, admits as true. 2. Respondent admits as true. 3. Respondent states that this appeal involves just 1 Parcel. 4. Respondent to the best of its knowledge believes are of the subject parcels are on appeal. 5. No response is required. 6. Respondent admits as true. 7. Respondent admits that this appealed to the March Board of Review. 8. No response is required. 9. No response is required. 10. Respondent admits as true.
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2 11. Respondent admits that the Respondent’s March Board of Review reduced the value to $221,900.00 12. Respondent lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in this paragraph, and therefore leaves Petitioner to its proofs. 13. Respondent admits that this appeal involves issues of (a) valuation, (b) assessment,(c) taxable value, but states that Petitioner’s allegations lack merit. 14. Respondent admits that this appeal involves tax year 2026, and further responds that this Honorable Tribunal has issued a partial denial for tax year 2025, as the Tribunal lacks jurisdiction. 15. Respondent lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in this paragraph, and therefore denies these allegations. Moreover, the appeal for tax year 2025 has already been dismissed as Petitioner has failed to state that the assessments for 2025 were the result of a clerical error, a mutual mistake of fact. 16. Respondent admits as true. 17. Respondent lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in this paragraph, and therefore denies these allegations. Moreover, the appeal for tax year 2025 has already been dismissed as Petitioner has failed to state that the assessments for 2025 were the result of a clerical error, a mutual mistake of fact. 18. Respondent admits that these values, based only upon Petitioner’s contention of the values for the subject property, are the amounts in dispute. 19. Respondent respectfully request that this Tribunal deny its request for relief .
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3 20. Respondent lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations contained in this paragraph, and therefore denies these allegations. Wherefore, Respondent respectfully requests that this Honorable Tribunal dismiss the Petition in this matter and award attorney fees and costs to Respondent. Dated: October 14, 2026 /s/Mary Beth Cobbs By: Mary Beth Cobbs ( P40080) Kevin C. Richard ( P 43417) Attorneys for Respondent City of Detroit Law Department 2 Woodward Ave., Ste. 500 Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 237-3075 AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES. NOW COMES Respondent, City of Detroit, and asserts the following Affirmative Defenses to the Petitioner’s claims: 1. Petitioner lacks standing and/or capacity to bring forth this Petition. 2. Petitioner’s claims may be barred by the applicable statute of limitations. 3. This Tribunal lacks subject matter jurisdiction. 4. Petitioner has failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. 5. Petitioner has failed to allege that the mode and method of appraising its property failed to conform with the mode and method of appraising applied in the case of all other properties in the community for the year in question.
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4 Wherefore, Respondent respectfully requests that this Honorable Tribunal dismiss the Petition in this matter and award attorney fees and costs to Respondent. Dated: October 14, 2026 /s/Mary Beth Cobbs By: Mary Beth Cobbs ( P40080) Kevin C. Richard ( P43417) Attorneys for Respondent City of Detroit Law Department 2 Woodward Ave., Ste. 500 Detroit, MI 48226 313.237.3075 cobbm@detroitmi.gov
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5 STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING & REGULATORY AFFAIRS MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 2915 JOHN R. STREET LLC Petitioner, v CITY OF DETROIT, Docket No. 26-002729 MTT Respondent. _______________________________________________________________________ PROOF OF SERVICE On October 14, 2026, I mailed by first class mail a copy of Respondent’s Answer and Affirmative Defenses to: Thomas S. Fredericks 2335 Rowley Road Williamston MI 48895-9133 I declare that the above statement is true to the best of my information, knowledge, and belief. Dated: October 14, 2026 /s/Mary Beth Cobbs Mary Beth Cobbs ( P40080) City of Detroit Law Department 2 Woodward Ave., Ste. 500 Detroit, MI 48226