State v. Fairview Hospital Assn.

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Defendant, Fairview Hospital Association, a nonprofit or charitable hospital organized under Minn. Const, art. 9, § 1, and Minn. St. 272.02, appeals from an order of the district court denying its alternative motion for amended findings or a new trial in proceedings wherein it was determined that certain real property owned by it was not exempt from ad valorem real estate taxes for the year 1957. The trial court found that such property, which is situated on the shore of Lake Minnetonka and separated by a distance of 22.6 miles from defendant’s hospital and nurses’…