State v. City of Hudson

Peterson, Justice.

The state having recovered a judgment for the amount of personal property taxes for the year 1947 assessed on the portion of the interstate bridge owned and operated by the city of Hudson, Wisconsin, located in Washington county, Minnesota, the city appeals.

The question for decision is whether a municipality of a foreign state owning and operating a toll bridge located partly in such state and partly in this state is entitled, under a constitutional provision (Minn. Const, art. 9, § 1) exempting from^ taxation public property used exclusively for any public purpose, %o…