SOUTH IOWA METHODIST HOMES, INC. v. BOARD OF REVIEW

No. 53612.

173 N.W.2d 526 (1970)

SOUTH IOWA METHODIST HOMES, INC., Appellant, v. BOARD OF REVIEW OF the CITY OF DES MOINES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied March 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson, Throckmorton, Parker, Mannheimer & Raife, by John R. Mackaman, Des Moines, for appellant.

Herrick, Langdon, Belin & Harris, by Jeffrey E. Lamson, Des Moines, for appellee.


SNELL, Justice.

This is a church-related retirement home property tax case. It is a de novo appeal from the decision of the trial court, sitting in equity, which in effect affirmed the decision of the defendant Board of Review in placing plaintiff's property, known as Wesley Acres, on the tax rolls as of January 1, 1967.

The issues before the trial court were:

1. Is the plaintiff a charitable, religious and benevolent institution within the meaning...

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