Legal Opinion
Defenders' Townhouse, Inc. v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided May 12, 1969No. 53830PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Commissioner.
Defenders’ Townhouse, Inc., a Kansas not-for-profit corporation, owns and operates a housing facility at 922 Linwood for persons over 62 years of age. For the years 1965, 1966 and 1967 Kansas City, a constitutional charter city through its taxing authorities, City Assessor, City Board of Equalization and City Board of Delinquent Tax Adjustment, assessed and levied ad valorem taxes on Defenders’ property of $5595.67, $5079.14 and $4563.-68, a total of $15,238.49. Claiming that its property was used “exclusively * * * for purposes purely charitable” and was therefore…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Hilltop Village, Inc. v. Kerrville Independent School DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1968
- Salvation Army v. HoehnSupreme Court of Missouri · 1945
- Presbyterian Homes Tax Exemption CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- William Hoefling & Son v. City of San AntonioTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Oregon Methodist Homes, Inc. v. State Tax CommissionOregon Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by16 opinions
- American Polled Hereford Ass'n v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- Franciscan Tertiary Province of Missouri, Inc. v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- Evangelical Retirement Homes of Greater St. Louis, Inc. v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Waterbury First Church Housing, Inc. v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
- Jackson County v. State Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
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