Thurston County v. Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

The appellant, a corporation, is the owner of Block 85 in the city of Olympia, and the building known as St. Peter’s Hospital, situated thereon and used as a hospital for the care of the sick. This hospital, it is conceded, is supported in part by char*265ity, and the evidence discloses that about one-third of the entire block of land is occupied by the hospital buildings, and that the remainder is devoted to the raising of vegetables for the exclusive use of the hospital.

In the year 1891 the entire property was assessed for the purposes of…