State v. Evans Scholars Foundation of Minnesota, Inc.

Sheran, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the district court.

Evans Scholars Foundation of Minnesota, Inc., by its petition for exemption from real estate taxes payable in 1964 and by its answer to the delinquent personal property tax list for that year, has placed in issue the question of whether a house located at 1115 Fifth Street S. E. in Minneapolis, together with its contents, was, at the time involved, used by the Foundation for public charitable purposes within the meaning of the applicable provisions of the Minnesota Constitution and statutes.

The facts as found by the trial…