Y.M.C.A. v. COUNTY OF L.A.

Docket No. L.A. 21208.

35 Cal.2d 760 (1950)

221 P.2d 47

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

August 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brady & Nossaman and Walter L. Nossaman for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Henry C. Clausen, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, Andrew O. Porter, Deputy County Counsel, Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney, and Louis A. Babior, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Appellants.


SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff, the Young Men's Christian Association of Los Angeles, brought this action to recover certain taxes and assessments paid under protest for the taxable year 1946-1947. The controversy involves the application of the recently enacted welfare exemption law (Cal. Const., art XIII, § 1c; Rev. & Tax. Code, § 214) to five buildings owned by plaintiff and used in carrying on its work. The county assessor refused to exempt from taxation such...

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