Riverside Military Academy, Inc. v. Watkins

THOMAS, J.:

The question in this case for our decision is brought into focus by facts alleged in the bill of complaint which was dismissed upon the defendants’ motion.

The appellant, an eleemosynary corporation, sought an injunction relieving it from the payment of taxes for the year 1943. In normal times it operates a military academy and is engaged in no other business. On the property in question there are situated dormitories, barracks, classrooms, athletic fields, and other installations adapted to the mental, moral, and physical- training of students.

Continuously from 1931 until May 1942,…