Legal Opinion
City of Palo Alto v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 25, 1970No. Civ. 26175PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, J.
The City of Palo Alto (hereafter City), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the County of Santa Clara (hereafter County) denying the City’s request for a refund for property taxes paid. The City argues that its tax-exempt possessory interests under certain long term leases from Leland Stanford Junior University (hereafter lessor), a nontaxexempt private lessor, should be segregated, and the value thereof subtracted from the assessment and tax levy based on the entire fee.
The stipulated facts are as follows: The City is a municipal corporation with leases of varying…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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