Court Opinion

ID: 9571019
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:28:29.996737+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:26:12.243369
License: Public Domain

Knutson, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I agree with the dissent of Mr. Justice Kelly. I fail to see how property can be classified as personal property or as part of the real estate by its weight, which in essence is what the majority *491opinion does. If the legislature wishes to make that distinction, it can easily do so by amending the law. This, in fact, it did by adopting Ex. Sess. L. 1971, c. 31, art. XXII, § 3 (the portion relevant hereto now coded as Minn. St. 1971, § 272.02, subd. 1 [11]), after our decision in the case of In re Answer of Minnesota Power & Light Co. 289 Minn. 64, 182 N. W. 2d 685 (1970). It seems to me that for the court to make this classification in view of the plain language of our statute is nothing but judicial legislation. I do not think that is our function.
Mr. Justice Todd took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.