Commonwealth v. Lynchburg Young Men's Christian Ass'n
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Lynchburg on an application to correct an erroneous assessment of real estate. Judgment for the applicant. Commonwealth assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
In a proceeding to correct an alleged erroneous assessment of the real estate of the Lynchburg Young Men’s Christian Association it was held that the property assessed was exempt from taxation under the Constitution, and an order was entered by the corporation court of that city exonerating the association from the payment of the tax assessed. To that order this writ of error was awarded upon the petition of the Commonwealth.
It. is not controverted here that the property upon which the tax in question was assessed is exempt from taxation if it is actually and exclusively occupied and used by…
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- White v. MaynardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Philadelphia v. Women's Christian Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
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