Inhabitants of Foxcroft v. Piscataquis Valley Campmeeting Ass'n
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This iras a statutory action of debt to recover a tax, for the year 1891, assessed on the defendant’s stable and campground, being its land and real estate in Foxcroft outside of and except its houses of religious worship, vestries, tabernacle, pews, seats and furniture within the same, or any parsonage and the land on which it stands, and that occupied by tents and cottages.
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On report. This iras a statutory action of debt to recover a tax, for the year 1891, assessed on the defendant’s stable and campground, being its land and real estate in Foxcroft outside of and except its houses of religious worship, vestries, tabernacle, pews, seats and furniture within the same, or any parsonage and the land on which it stands, and that occupied by tents and cottages. The only question reserved in defense wras that of exemption from taxation, the defendant claiming that the property sought to be taxed is included in the exempting clauses of the statutes. Defendant a…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Debt for a tax laid upon the real estate of a campmeeting association situated in Foxcroft, organized "to furnish and maintain a campmeeting with its religious privileges to the people of the Piscataquis Valley and its vicinity, to the glory of God and the saving of souls.”
The real estate of the association consisted of ten acres of land, a part of which was used for an auditorium where religious meetings were held, a part foi lots let to members for the erection of cottages, a part for a stable and stable yard where horses were stalled for hire, and a part let for an eating house or…
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