Goldman v. Robert E. Bentley Post No. 50, American Legion

The principal question here involved is whether the use of the property in question for meetings of American Legion posts and other patriotic and service organizations of veterans, without charge, is, under the provisions of Section 5353, General Code, a use exclusively for charitable purposes entitling the property to exemption from taxation. A secondary question is whether such property is so exempt where at times its occupancy is temporarily sur*207rendered to other organizations and persons for a service fee.

The post claims that the use of the property for its dedicated purpose of veterans’…