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CITY OF ASHLAND v. CALVARY PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CH.

278 S.W.2d 708 (1955)

CITY OF ASHLAND, a Municipal Corporation of the Second Class, Appellant, v. CALVARY PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ASHLAND, Kentucky, et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. W. Mann, Arthur T. Bryson, Jr., Ashland, for appellant.

John L. Smith, Catlettsburg, J.G.M. Robinson, Ashland, for appellee.

MOREMEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a declaratory judgment suit upholding the contention of appellee, Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church of Ashland, Kentucky, that certain property owned by it is exempt from taxation under Section 170 of the Constitution.

The church has, for many years, owned a corner lot in Ashland upon which stands its church building. It purchased an adjoining lot upon which is a two-story building. The lower floor was...

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