Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County v. State Board of Equalization
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 1976PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FONES, Chief Justice.
This appeal involves a grant of exemption from taxation on property owned by St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville. The exemption was awarded by the Tennessee State Board of Equalization and upheld by the Chancellor over opposition of appellants, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, the Metropolitan Tax Assessor and the Metropolitan Board of Equalization.
Saint Thomas Hospital is a non-profit corporation which has provided medical service to citizens of Nashville since 1905. Because of demands for a larger and more modern medical facility, St.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Nashville v. State Board of EqualizationTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South v. State Board of EqualizationTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
- Mid-State Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. City of NashvilleTennessee Supreme Court · 1963
- George Peabody College for Teachers v. State Board of EqualizationTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- LaManna v. Electrical Workers Local Union No. 474 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Methodist Hospitals of Memphis v. Assessment Appeals CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
- Kopsombut-Myint Buddhist Center v. State Board of Equalization Ex Rel. StateCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986
- Memphis Development Foundation v. State Board of EqualizationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1983
- Downtown Hospital Ass'n v. Tennessee State Board of EqualizationCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
- Kopsombut-Myint Buddhist Center v. State Board of Equalization Ex Rel. StateCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1986