St. Albans Hospital v. Town of Enosburg
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Equity to prevent tbe assessment and eolleetion of certain taxes. Heard on demurrer of tbe defendants at tbe September Term, 1922, Franklin County, Wilson, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained pro forma, and bill dismissed. Tbe plaintiffs filed a motion for an appeal.
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Bill in Equity to prevent tbe assessment and eolleetion of certain taxes. Heard on demurrer of tbe defendants at tbe September Term, 1922, Franklin County, Wilson, Chancellor. Demurrer sustained pro forma, and bill dismissed. Tbe plaintiffs filed a motion for an appeal. Tbe hospital building of a hospital whose object is charity, and tbe money from whose pay patients is applied exclusively to its charitable purposes, is used for “purposes purely charitable,” under a constitutional provision exempting such property from taxation. Yale University v. New Haven, 71 Conn. 316, 43 L. R. A. 490;…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action in chancery. The amended bill of complaint is met by a demurrer. From the chancellor’s order sustaining the demurrer an ineffectual appeal was taken to this Court. See 96 Vt. 152, 118 Atl. 484. After the dismissal of the former appeal the cause again came on for hearing and there was a pro forma decree sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill with costs to the defendants. The cause is now here on the plaintiffs’ appeal from this decree. The plaintiffs are corporations organized under the laws of this State, each having its principal office, buildings, and place of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Albans Hospital v. Town of EnosburgSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
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