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" O Page 10 JUNE 1994 File No. C5-93-2700 John B. Bichler and Sheila K. Bichler. County of Wright, Petitioners, Respondent. The above entitled matter was'heard by the Honor- able Dorothy A. McClung, Judge of the Minnesota Tax Court, on June 9, 1994, at the Wright County District Court Facilities, in Buffalo, Minnesota. Petitioner, John B. Bichler, appeared pro se for the Petitioners. Brian J. Asleson, Assistant Wright County Attorney, appeared for the Respondent. The issue in this case is the January 2, 1993 classifi- cation of the subject property. The Court, having heard and considered the evi- dence adduced at the hearing, and upon all of the files, records and proceedings .herein, now makes the follow- ing: FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Petitioners have sufficient interest in the property to 'maintain this petition; all statutory and jurisdictional require-merits have been complied with, and the Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action and the parties hereto. 2. Petitioners purchased a ten acre site in Silver Creek Township, Wright County, Minnesota in 1977 and built a home with a garage and a horse barn (the "sub- ject property"). 3. Petitioners' yard and driveway cover a little over one acre and the remaining acreage is used for pasture. 4. Petitioners currently have two horses, but have had as many as twelve to fifteen horses at one time in the past. They have also raised cattle in the past but are not raising any now nor were they raising any cattle as of January 2, 1993, the assessment date at issue. 5. Petitioners did raise hay in the past but were not doing so in 1992 or 1993. 6. John B. Bichler is employed full time in the res- taurant business and Shells K. Bichler is employed full time as a teacher. 7. Prior to the I993 assessment, the subject property had been classified as an agricultural homestead since 1977. 8. For the January 2, 1993 assessment, the Wright County Assessor classified the subject property as resi- dential homestead property. Petitioners contest this change in classification. 9. We find that the subject property was owned and used by the Petitioners primarily as a residential home- stead and affirm the assessor's classification. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW I. The assessor's classification of the subject prop- erty as residential homestead as of January 2, 1993 is hereby affirmed.