SULLIVAN GRAPHICS v. BOARD OF REVIEW

No. 94-472.

533 N.W.2d 213 (1995)

SULLIVAN GRAPHICS, INC., Appellee, v. BOARD OF REVIEW OF the COUNTY OF IOWA, State of Iowa, and David Jennings, Chairman of the Board of Review of the County of Iowa, State of Iowa, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Brick and Douglas F. Staskal of Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze, Schuling & Levis, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Dean R. Einck, Richard G. Hileman, and Gilda L. Boyer of Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, L.L.P., Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.


LARSON, Justice.

The narrow question in this case is whether the purchase of 100% of the shares in a corporation constitutes an "acquisition" of the corporation's equipment and machinery for purposes of applying Iowa Code section 427B.17 (1993) (maximum valuation of thirty percent for certain property "acquired" after January 1, 1985). The district court ruled that the stock purchase qualified as an acquisition of the machinery and equipment, but we disagree.

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