City of Indianapolis v. Grand Master

This was a suit to restrain the collection of city taxes upon the building in Indianapolis commonly known as Masonic IIall,tmá. the lot upon which it stands, being the property of the plaintiff, a benevolent corporation. The first paragraph of the complaint averred that the plaintiff was a benevolent and ■ charitable institution; that the building had been erected and was used for purposes of “universal benevolence and charity, and the relief of suffering humanity wherever it exists, but more immediately and especially the relief of indigent and distressed worthy Free Masons, their widows and…