Legal Opinion
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Inc v. Cooper Township
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided March 17, 1981No. Docket 46924, 46925PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, Kalamazoo Nature Center, Inc., appeals of right from a June 26, 1979, judgment of the Michigan Tax Tribunal denying tax exemption status on two residences and 31 acres of vacant land owned by petitioner. The tribunal based its denial of exemption on grounds that petitioner does not occupy the parcels solely for the purposes for which it was incorporated.
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Inc. (KNC), is a Michigan nonprofit corporation organized for the following purposes:
"To develop in people and especially children a better understanding and appreciation of our natural surroundings and of…
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