AFTON v. COUNTY OF WASHINGTON

No. A07-3.

742 N.W.2d 434 (2007)

AFTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS, Relator, v. COUNTY OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Gaalswyk, Cottage Grove, MN, for Relator.

Doug Johnson, Washington County Attorney, Kari A. Lindstrom, Richard D. Hodsdon, Assistant County Attorneys, Stillwater, MN, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

PAGE, Justice.

In this case, we review the final order of the Minnesota Tax Court denying an exemption from payment of real property taxes assessed in 2003, 2004, and 2005 for property owned by Afton Historical Society Press (Afton), a publishing house. Afton sought the exemption as an institution of purely public charity under Minn.Stat. § 272.02, subd. 7 (2006). The tax court, applying the six factors...

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