Summunduwot Lodge No. 3 v. Spaeth
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Wyandotte district court; Edward L. Fischer, judge. STATEMENT. This action was commenced in the district court of Wyandotte county by the Odd Fellows’ lodge to enjoin the county officers from collecting the taxes assessed against the property described in the petition, on the ground that the property was exempt from taxation by the provisions of section 2 of chapter 408 of the Laws of 1907. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, which contains, in…
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Appeal from Wyandotte district court; Edward L. Fischer, judge. STATEMENT. This action was commenced in the district court of Wyandotte county by the Odd Fellows’ lodge to enjoin the county officers from collecting the taxes assessed against the property described in the petition, on the ground that the property was exempt from taxation by the provisions of section 2 of chapter 408 of the Laws of 1907. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, which contains, in addition to the facts of ownership, occupation, etc., of the property assessed, the constitution and laws of the…
1Per curiam
Under the evidence in this case and the definition of “benevolent and charitable” given in Mason v. Uimmerman, ante, p. 799, the plaintiff is not a benevolent and charitable corporation, and its property in question is not exempt from taxation under the provisions of section 2 of chapter 408 of the Laws of 1907.
Also, it appears from the agreed statement of facts in the case that the rent derived from the leased portion of the building in question is kept for “carrying on its work and benevolences and charities, . . . and in paying the necessary expense incident to carrying on the relief work…
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