TORGELSON v. REAL PROPERTY

Nos. A06-1507, A06-1757.

734 N.W.2d 279 (2007)

David TORGELSON, Renville County Attorney, Respondent, v. REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS 17138 880TH AVE, RENVILLE COUNTY, Minnesota, Defendant, Kent Feigum, Appellant, and Thomas G. Kramer, Yellow Medicine County Attorney, Respondent, v. Property Located at 860 10th Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota 56241, (Lot 7, Block Eighteen 18, Lathrop's First Addition to the City of Granite Falls, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota), Defendant, Luverne W. Johnson, owner, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, James B. Early, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondents David Torgelson and Thomas G. Kramer.

Keith Ray Helgeson, Yellow Medicine County Attorney, Granite Falls, MN, for respondent Thomas G. Kramer.

John E. Mack, Mack & Daby P.A., New London, MN, for appellants Kent Feigum and Luverne W. Johnson.

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge; KLAPHAKE, Judge; and MINGE, Judge.


OPINION

KALITOWSKI, Judge.

Appellants Kent Feigum and Luverne W. Johnson argue that their homestead property is exempt from forfeiture under Minn.Stat. § 609.5311, subd. 2 (2004), because Minn. Const. art. I, § 12, as implemented by Minn.Stat. § 510.01 (2004), exempts an individual's homestead property from seizure for the payment of any debt or liability.

FACTS

On March 16, 2006, appellant Kent Feigum admitted to possessing...

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