INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION v. CITY OF BROOKFIELD

No. 78-455.

95 Wis.2d 444 (1980)

290 N.W.2d 720

INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS, INC., f/k/a National Foundation of Health, Welfare & Pension Plans, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BROOKFIELD, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief and oral argument by Timothy C. Frautschi of Foley & Lardner of Milwaukee.

For the defendant-respondent, a brief was submitted by George A. Schmus, city attorney of Milwaukee; Harold H. Fuhrman, special counsel, and Mark W. Ninneman, of counsel, both of Wickert & Fuhrman of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Harold H. Fuhrman and Mark W. Ninneman.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Bode, JJ.


BROWN, J.

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, Inc. is seeking to be declared an "educational association" entitling it to an exemption from property taxes pursuant to sec. 70.11(4), Stats.1 After a trial by jury, the trial court entered a judgment against International Foundation. We affirm the trial court's judgment and hold that International Foundation is not an educational association as contemplated by the statute...

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