Legal Opinion
Re Appeal of Dunwoody Village
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 9, 2012PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this charitable tax exemption case, Dunwoody Village, Inc. (DVI or the Village), a not-for-profit corporation, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) that affirmed a decision of the Delaware County Board of Assessment Appeals (Appeals Board) denying it a real estate tax exemption. DVI operates a continuing care retirement community on its 85.5-acre property located in Newtown Township. It contends the trial court erred in determining that it failed to qualify as an institution of purely public charity under Article VIII,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hospital Utilization Project v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Hill School Tax Exemption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- Presbyterian Homes Tax Exemption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- St. Margaret Seneca Place v. Board of Property AssessmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Alliance Home of Carlisle, PA v. Board of Assessment AppealsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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3Cited by19 opinions
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