VICTORY LUTHERAN CHURCH v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

No. C2-84-2244.

373 N.W.2d 279 (1985)

VICTORY LUTHERAN CHURCH, Relator, v. COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 23, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent W. Primus, Patrick R. Burns, Minneapolis, for relator.

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin Co. Atty., Joyce Y. Miyamoto, Asst. Co. Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

Victory Lutheran Church petitioned the Tax Court for review of the 1983 real estate tax assessment on a single family residence it owns at 4315 Thomas Avenue North in Minneapolis. The Tax Court determined that the property did not qualify for an exemption from taxation as church property under Minn.Stat. § 272.02, subd. 1(5) (1984). We reverse.

The issue of entitlement of church owned property to an exemption has infrequently been...

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