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RALEIGH CEMETERY ASS'N v. CITY OF RALEIGH

No. 455.

70 S.E.2d 506 (1952)

235 N.C. 509

RALEIGH CEMETERY ASS'N v. CITY OF RALEIGH.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 30, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Pou Bailey, Raleigh, and George F. Bason, Raleigh, for plaintiff, appellee.

Paul F. Smith, Raleigh, for defendant, appellant.

DENNY, Justice.

The question posed for determination is simply this: Does the above provision in the plaintiff's charter exempt its real property, held for burial purposes, from local improvement assessments? The answer must be in the negative.

Article V, section 5, of our State Constitution, contains the following provisions: "Property belonging to the State or to municipal corporations, shall be exempt from taxation...

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