Legal Opinion
City of New Hope v. Catholic Cemeteries
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided March 19, 1991No. C1-90-2096PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RANDALL, Judge.
Appellant, City of New Hope, challenges summary judgment granting tax exempt status to land owned by respondent, The Catholic Cemeteries, which is held for future use as a cemetery. Appellant argues the subject land was not appropriated to reasonable and definite future use as a cemetery and should therefore be assessed for improvements to the city street which abuts the subject property. We affirm.
FACTS
Appellant, City of New Hope, made improvements on Boone Avenue, a street adjacent to lands owned by respondent, The Catholic Cemeteries. Respondent’s land was an 81 acre…
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