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WALZ v. TAX COMM'N OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

24 N.Y.2d 30 (1969)

Frederick Walz, Appellant, v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 20, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Walz, appellant pro se.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (Edith I. Spivack, Edward J. McLaughlin and Daniel L. Cammarano of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, KEATING, BREITEL and JASEN concur; Judge BURKE concurs in result.

Per Curiam.

Firmly embedded in the law of this State, both by Constitution (art. XVI, § 1) and by statute (Real Property Tax Law, § 420), is the doctrine that real property owned by a religious corporation and used exclusively for religious purposes is exempt from taxation (see, e.g., Pople ex rel. Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc. v. Haring, 8 N.Y.2d 350, 357-358...

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