Legal Opinion
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF ALBANY v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 8, 1970No. 25779PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Justice.
The Court of Appeals has certified the following question to the Supreme Court: “Is real property held and owned by a public hospital authority, created under and by virtue of the Hospital Authorities Law (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, as amended, and as superseded by Ga. L. 1964, pp. 499, 598, as amended (Code Ann. § 88-1801 et seq.)), ‘public property’ within the meaning of the Constitution of 1945, Art. VII, Sec. I, Par. IV (Code Ann. § 2-5404) and Ga. L. 1946, p. 12, as amended (Code Ann. § 92-201) so as to be exempt from ad valorem taxation, where the property itself is not a…
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