PETERSON v. HUMPHREY

No. C3-85-1548.

381 N.W.2d 472 (1986)

Richard T. PETERSON, petitioner, Appellant, v. Hubert H. HUMPHREY, III, Attorney General, et al., Elvira Johnson, Morrison County Auditor, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied April 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Vogel, Rosenmeier & Anderson, Little Falls, for Richard T. Peterson.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Philip J. Olfelt, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Hubert H. Humphrey, III.

John E. Valen, Valen & Larson, Little Falls, for Elvira Johnson.

Heard, considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and LESLIE and HUSPENI, JJ.


OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This action is based on 1984 Minn.Laws ch. 502, art. 13, § 15, which orders the State to convey to appellant Richard Peterson 27 acres of land he forfeited for nonpayment of taxes. In May 1985 the trial court held the legislation void and refused to compel the conveyance on the ground that the act was a special law remitting a forfeiture and granting an exclusive privilege to an individual in violation of Minn. Const. art. XII...

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