St. Louis Council, Boy Scouts v. Burgess

Appellant, alleging it owned two tracts of real estate in Jefferson County, Missouri, actually and regularly used exclusively for purposes purely charitable and not held for private or corporate profit, brought this action to have said property declared exempt from taxation under the Constitution and laws of Missouri, and to cancel and restrain the collection of taxes assessed and levied thereon for the years of 1948 and 1949. Respondents are respectively the Assessor, the Collector, and the Judges of the County Court of Jefferson County. The trial court found the issues in favor of appellant…