Baptist Hospital v. City of Nashville

The question involved is the right of the City to tax the property of the complainant. It is conceded that it has no snch right if the property is used exclusively for charitable purposes.

The Baptist Hospital is a corporation created August 16, 1924, under chapter 97, Acts of 1923, which is an amendment to the general incorporation Act of 1875, the, pertinent provisions of its charter being as follows:

“This corporation shall have the power to establish, maintain and conduct a hospital or sanitarium for the care and treatment of sick, diseased and disabled persons, to provide for the…