People ex rel. Huck v. Graceland Cemetery Co.

This was an application for judgment against certain lands owned by Graceland Cemetery Company, for the taxes of 1875. The company appeared in the county court and objected to the rendition of judgment, on the ground that the property was exempt from taxation under section 5 of its charter, which declares :

“ All lots sold for burial purposes by said cemetery company, when conveyed by the corporation to individual proprietors, shall be indivisible, but may be held and owned in undivided shares, and shall be free from taxation and execution and attachment, provided, that no one person shall…