Mohwinkel v. City of North St. Paul

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant City of North St. Paul appeals a district court decision which reviewed de novo a special property tax assessment against respondents, and awarded respondents’ expert fees of $1,650. Appellant asserts that the court’s review of the assessment under Minn.Stat. § 429.081 should have been deferential to the city, and that Rule 11 of the District Court Code of Rules precluded the district court’s expert witness fee awards to each of twenty-two respondents totaling $1,650. We disagree and affirm the district court.

FACTS

In 1981, the North St. Paul City Council…