State ex rel. Hammer v. Macgurn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal From St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. Both in the Constitution and the statute words of broadest import are used. The word “schools” is used without any restriction or qualification.
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Appeal From St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Warwick Hough, Judge. Both in the Constitution and the statute words of broadest import are used. The word “schools” is used without any restriction or qualification. Evidently there was no intent to limit the application of the law to public schools or to free schools or to schools of any particular kind or class. • The only requirement exacted in order to entitle the lot and the buildings thereon to exemption from taxation is that they shall be used exclusively for schools. Nothing is said as to the ownership of or title to the property.…
1Opinion of the Court
MARSHALL, J. —
This is an action to recover two hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty-two cents with interest, back taxes for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898, upon lot 9 of Christian Brothers ’ Addition to the *241city of St. Louis. The plaintiff recovered judgment and the defendants appealed.
The action is against the owners of the fee and the trustee and cestui que trust of a deed of trust thereon. The petition is in the usual and proper form. The answer is that during all the years for which taxes were assessed and sought to be recovered against the land, the property was situated in St. Louis,…
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