Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. State Ex Rel. Board of Equalization

PEDERSON, Justice.

Defendants-Appellants, hereinafter collectively called the Board, appealed from an order of the district court which required that the Board answer an interrogatory posed by Northwest Airlines in connection with an action under § 57-08-01, North Dakota Century Code, to review 1972 property tax assessments.

The interrogatories were addressed to: “Defendant North Dakota State Board of Equalization.” The Board, by its lawyers, answered many of the questions but declined to answer others. Apparently accepting the propriety of answers by the Board’s lawyers, Northwest Airlines…