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MATTER OF SEMPLE SCH. FOR GIRLS v. BOYLAND

308 N.Y. 382 (1955)

In the Matter of Semple School for Girls, Appellant, v. William E. Boyland et al., Constituting The Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondents. [351 Riverside Drive, Borough of Manhattan.]

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 14, 1955

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Finkelhor and Edward W. Simms for appellant.

Morris Handel for respondents.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DYE and FULD, JJ., concur with VAN VOORHIS, J.; DESMOND, J., dissents in an opinion in which FROESSEL, J., concurs; BURKE, J., taking no part.

VAN VOORHIS, J.

This appeal concerns exemption from taxation of real property under subdivision 6 of section 4 of the Tax Law, upon the ground that it is used exclusively for educational purposes.

During fifty-two years prior to October, 1950, Rosa Gunter Semple owned and conducted a girls' private secondary school in the city of New York. In 1930 she moved the school to a large stone mansion at 351 Riverside...

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