CIG Exploration, Inc. v. Utah State Tax Commission

In CIG Exploration, Inc. v. Utah State Tax Commission, 897 P.2d 1214, 1216 (Utah 1995), the Court held that taxpayers were not entitled to a refund under section 59-2-1321 when they paid property taxes "on the basis of a valuation that was correct as of a given January 1st," even when a subsequent federal agency decision reduced a property's revenue, making the original valuation inaccurate. Such an occurrence, the Court reasoned, did not constitute a tax "erroneously or illegally collected within the meaning of section 59-2-1321." Id.