Trustees of Hamline University v. Peacock

Julius J. Olson, Justice.

We have here appeals from two judgments rendered in and by the district courts of Hennepin and Ramsey counties sustaining the Alalm of Hamline University of Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as “Hamline”) that certain real estate owned by it is immune to general taxation. Since both cases involve that determinative factor as the basis for decision, we proceed directly to that issue.

The properties sought to be taxed are not directly devoted to any of Hamline’s educational functions. We are concerned here only with real estate owned by it devoted to commercial and…