Legal Opinion
In re Laymen's Weekend Retreat League
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 5, 1975No. Appeal, No. 1527 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
The Laymen’s Weekend Retreat League of Philadelphia appeals to us from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County which affirmed the Chester County Board of Assessment and Revision of Taxes (Board). The Board had determined that, out of the total assessed value of $362,488 for all land and buildings owned by the Retreat League, it was entitled to an exemption of $143,772, leaving the total assessed value of the taxable property at $218,716. The Retreat League claims that it is entitled to an additional exemption of $214,164 attributable to the buildings…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Young Mens Christian Assoc. of Germantown v. Phila.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- American Sunday School Union v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- White v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Board of Home Missions & Church Extension of the Methodist Episcopal Church v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- First Baptist Ch. of Pbgh. v. Pbgh.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Order of Franciscan Fathers of Green Bay v. Board of Property AssessmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Pa. Conference of the Pentecostal Holiness Church v. Mercer County Board of Assessment Review, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Mercer County1982