CITY OF NASHVILLE v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION


360 S.W.2d 458 (1962)

CITY OF NASHVILLE v. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Jennings, Jr., City Atty., Frank S. King, Jr., Special Counsel, Nashville, for plaintiff.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Milton P. Rice, David M. Pack, Asst. Attys. Gen., Nashville, for State Board of Equalization.

Reber Boult, Edwin F. Hunt and Val Sanford, Nashville, for Baptist Sunday School Bd.


FELTS, Justice.

The Sunday School Board (the Board) of the Southern Baptist Convention owns a large amount of real estate in the City of Nashville. The City assessed this real estate for ad valorem taxation under Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) § 67-501, which requires that "all property," except such as is declared to be exempt, "shall be assessed for taxation for state, county and municipal purposes."

The Board protested the assessments and...

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