Stahl v. Kansas Educational Ass'n
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Lyon District Court, This was an action brought by The Ka/nsas Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church against D. A. Stahl,, as county treasurer, and others, to restrain the collection of certain taxes on certain premises in Lyon county, on the ground that the lands were exempt from taxation, under the charter of the Kansas Educational Association, § 6 of which reads as follows: “That all the property or funds, real, personal, or mixed, that may…
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Error from Lyon District Court, This was an action brought by The Ka/nsas Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church against D. A. Stahl,, as county treasurer, and others, to restrain the collection of certain taxes on certain premises in Lyon county, on the ground that the lands were exempt from taxation, under the charter of the Kansas Educational Association, § 6 of which reads as follows: “That all the property or funds, real, personal, or mixed, that may be received, held or appropriated by or for said association, for the exclusive purposes of religion or education,…
1Opinion of the Court
*547The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The charter of the Kansas Educational Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church, approved February 3, 1858, gave it perpetual succession and power
“to hold, by gift, grant, devise, purchase, or otherwise, any land, tenements, hereditaments, moneys, rents, goods- and chattels of whatsoever kind, which have heen heretofore or may hereafter be given, granted or devised to or purchased for the benefit of the association, and may sell and dispose of the same, or any part thereof, or lease or rent or improve the same in any $uch a manner as…
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