City of Staunton v. Mary Baldwin Seminary
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Staunton, pronounced March 16, 1901, and amended April 10, 1901, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The question involved in this case is the right of the city of Staunton to tax certain houses and lots owned hy the Mary Baldwin Seminary, an incorporated educational institution.
Section 457 of the Code as amended hy an act of the General Assembly, approved January 28, 1896 (Acts 1895-’6, p. 218), provides, among other things, that real estate belonging to certain classes of educational institutions and charitable associations shall 'be exempt from taxation where the proceeds arising from such property are devoted exclusively to charitable or educational purposes, with the proviso that…
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