County Commissioners v. Sisters of Charity of Saint Joseph
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This is an appeal from an order of the Court below, passed on the 23rd of May, 1877, upon the petition of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, determining that certain property of said corporation, situated in Frederick County, was not subject to assessment and valuation, and directing the County Commissioners of said County to strike the same from the list of property valued to said corporation.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Frederick County. This is an appeal from an order of the Court below, passed on the 23rd of May, 1877, upon the petition of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, determining that certain property of said corporation, situated in Frederick County, was not subject to assessment and valuation, and directing the County Commissioners of said County to strike the same from the list of property valued to said corporation. The case is further stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, J.
The Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph (the appellees in this case,) hy their petition filed in the Circuit Court for Frederick County, allege, that they were incorporated by an Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, being chapter 95 of 1816, for the purpose of promoting “ works of piety, charity and usefulness, and especially for the care of the sick, the succor of aged, infirm, and necessitous persons, and the education of young females.”
For these objects and ends, they allege, they were authorized and empowered hy their charter, to take and hold in fee-simple or otherwise, the farm in…
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