School District v. Evans

WESTHUES, C.

The question for decision in this ease is whether án airplane* manufacturing and assembly plant, located on the Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport and owned by the City of St. Louis, is subject to taxation for the year 1950. The trial court held the property was exempt by virtue of Article 10, Section 6 of the 1945 Constitution of Missouri. An appeal was granted to this court.

The question arose in the following manner: Prior to World War II the plant in question was owned by the Curtis Manufacturing Company. It was acquired by the United States Defense Plant Corporation which…