Kansas Masonic Home v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Sedgwick district court; Thomas C. Wilson, judge. STATEMENT. The appellant filed its petition in the district court of Sedgwick county against the board of county commissioners, county clerk and county treasurer of that county.
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Appeal from Sedgwick district court; Thomas C. Wilson, judge. STATEMENT. The appellant filed its petition in the district court of Sedgwick county against the board of county commissioners, county clerk and county treasurer of that county. In its petition the plaintiff alleges that it is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the state of Kansas, and also alleges the official character of the defendants; that the plaintiff is the owner of a tract of land of about fifteen acres, duly described, upon which it has valuable and lasting improvements, consisting of buildings…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
The plaintiff’s claim for the exemption of its property from taxation must be justified if at all by section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of Kansas. The satutory provision relating to such exemptions is found in the third subhead of section 2 of chapter 408 of the Laws of 1907. In the statute the area of land exempt from taxation to any scientific, literary or benevolent association used for the specified purposes is limited to five acres. The constitutional provision, however, is not so limited. It provides:
“The legislature shall…
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