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DOMINICAN NUNS v. CITY OF LA CROSSE

No. 87-1119.

142 Wis.2d 577 (1987)

419 N.W.2d 270

The DOMINICAN NUNS, a Wisconsin non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CITY OF LA CROSSE, a Wisconsin municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patrick J. Houlihan, city attorney.

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of L. E. Sheehan and Moen, Sheehan, Meyer & Henke, Ltd., of La Crosse.

Before Dykman, Eich and Sundby, JJ.

EICH, J.

The City of La Crosse appeals from a summary judgment requiring it to refund 1984 and 1985 real estate taxes paid by a religious order, The Dominican Nuns, on certain property located in the city. The dispositive issue is whether the property, although vacated by the order, remained "[p]roperty owned and used exclusively by ... [a] religious ... association[]" and was thus exempt from property taxation under sec. 70.11(4), Stats.

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