Ritch v. Dept. of Rev.

William W. Wells, Judge pro tempore.

The Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the State of Oregon has made application for special assessment for the 1969-1970 assessment year as unzoned farm land, 94,366 acres of real property owned by it in Morrow County and leased to The Boeing Company, a Delaware Corporation. The Morrow County Assessor rejected the application and the matter was appealed to the Department of Revenue. The department overruled the assessor and held that the land was entitled to the special assessment. The assessor now has appealed the department’s order.

On July…