MATTER OF PALK

No. 5576.

542 P.2d 361 (1975)

In the Matter of the Tax Appeal of Robert PALK, Taxpayer.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley E. Levin, Honolulu (Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, of counsel), for taxpayer-appellant.

Richard Y. Wada, Deputy Atty. Gen., Honolulu, for Director of Taxation, appellee.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

Robert Palk (appellant) appeals from a judgment of the tax appeal court. The question on this appeal is whether land dedicated under HRS § 246-12, for "specific ranching or other agricultural [purposes]", can be used concurrently as one's home and thus qualify for the property tax home exemption provided by HRS § 246-26. The tax appeal court concluded that the benefit of taxpayer's home exemption does not extend to land that has been...

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