City of Indianapolis v. Sturdevant

This was a suit by Sturdevant to recover $81 90, paid as city taxes, under protest, to prevent the sale by the treasurer of the property upon which the taxes were assessed. The property taxed is generally known as “ McLean’s Female Institute,” a plat of ground in Indianapolis, less than an acre in extent, with the buildings thereon, which were erected for the use of a scientific and literary institution. McLean, the original proprietor, for ten years used the premises for that purpose, until his death, which occurred in 1861, instructing young ladies in the ancient and modern languages, in…