RIO VISTA NON-PROFIT HOUS. CORP. v. RAMSEY CTY.

No. 48302.

277 N.W.2d 187 (1979)

In the Matter of the Petition of RIO VISTA NON-PROFIT HOUSING CORPORATION for Review of Objections to Real Property Taxes Payable in 1976, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF RAMSEY, Respondent, State of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 23, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doherty, Rumble & Butler and Timothy J. Halloran, St. Paul, for appellant.

William Randall, County Atty., Steven DeCoster and Thomas Poch, Asst. County Attys., St. Paul, Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., James W. Neher, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Revenue, St. Paul, for respondents.

Heard before PETERSON, TODD, and SCOTT, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Rio Vista Non-Profit Housing Corporation (Rio Vista) was organized for the purpose of providing low-rent housing to families of modest income. The construction costs and part of the rental income are from Federally subsidized programs. Rio Vista challenged the assessment of real estate taxes against its property. The trial court allowed the taxes, asserting that Rio Vista was not an institution of purely public charity and therefore not exempt from...

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