City of Brainerd v. Brainerd Investments Partnership

OPINION

GILDEA, Chief Justice.

This case involves a resolution by respondent City of Brainerd (“City”) to expand a road and pay for a portion of the improvement with special assessments. Appellants Roger and Elizabeth Anda, and James H. Martin, LLC (“appellants”), who own property adjacent to the road to be improved, challenge the legality of a petition for the improvement submitted by Central Lakes College (“CLC”). Appellants argue that because CLC is an instrumentality of the State of Minnesota, and the State cannot be bound by special assessments of its property, CLC is not an “owner” of…