Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority v. Thatcher

We cannot accept appellant’s statement of the question of law involved, to wit:

“The question of law involved is whether tbe property belonging to Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority is exempt from taxation as public property used for a public purpose * * V’

The question before the Board of Tax Appeals was whether the property belonging to appellant is used exclusively for any public purpose. Unless the property is exclusively so used, it may not be exempted from taxation.

As said by Judge Shauck in City of Cincinnati v. Lewis, Aud., 66 Ohio St., 49, 55, 63 N. E., 588: “That the public…