State ex rel. Mt. Calvary M. E. Church v. St. Paul
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Application by the state, on the relation of the Mount Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, for writ of prohibition to John St. Paul, judge Division 0, civil district court.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Relator alleges that it is a religious corporation; that it owns a church building in this city, which is, and has been, used exclusively as a place of worship, and is therefore exempt from taxation; that Elva Pettis pretends to have bought said property at tax sale in January, 1902, and has caused a writ of possession to issue; that in January, 1903, relator enjoined the execution of said writ on a bond of $500, and that the respondent “erroneously found the surety insufficient,” and upon April 3, 1903, ordered said writ to be dissolved, unless relator should…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Edwards v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1877
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