Sisters of Charity v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The complainants, who are incorporated under the general law of 1855 for the incorporation of charitable societies, for the purpose, as set forth in their articles, of assisting persons, and particularly children and orphans suffering from disease, necessity or infirmity, and to that end of' establishing and maintaining hospitals and asylums for their reception, support, care and relief, and schools for the education of poor and…
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Appeal from the Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The complainants, who are incorporated under the general law of 1855 for the incorporation of charitable societies, for the purpose, as set forth in their articles, of assisting persons, and particularly children and orphans suffering from disease, necessity or infirmity, and to that end of' establishing and maintaining hospitals and asylums for their reception, support, care and relief, and schools for the education of poor and destitute children, filed their bill of' complaint setting forth that, for the purposes of their organization and for no…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin Ch. J.:
Were the property which is the subject of this assessment actually occupied by the corporation of St. Ann’s *96church, as it is now occupied by these complainants, it would, I think, be most clearly exempt from taxation. It was conveyed by the Governor and Judges of the territory of Michigan to such corporation, to the end, as the bill alleges, that they might from time to time, as they should deem necessary, erect thereupon any buildings or improvements suitable for ecclesiastical, literary or benevolent purposes; and we find it occupied by these complainants for the purpose of…
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