GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. FLATEN

Civ. No. 9013.

225 N.W.2d 75 (1974)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mabel FLATEN, as County Treasurer of Grand Forks County, North Dakota, and her successor in office, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 30, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nilles, Hansen, Selbo, Magill & Davies, Ltd., Fargo, for plaintiff-appellant.

Shaft, Shaft, McConn & Fisher, and Thomas B. Jelliff, State's Atty., Grand Forks, for defendant-appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge, on reassignment.

This case raises issues relating to the statutory authority of park districts to levy real estate taxes in excess of the ordinary limits. The appellant, Great Northern Railway Company, has, since the commencement of this action, consummated a corporate merger and is presently known as Burlington Northern, Inc. We will refer to the appellant hereinafter as the taxpayer. The case below was...

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