ANNANDALE AT SUWANEE, INC. v. GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS

33581.

242 Ga. 241 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 640

ANNANDALE AT SUWANEE, INC. v. GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hatcher, Meyerson & Irvin, Stanley P. Meyerson, for appellant.

James A. Henderson, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

"Institutions of purely public charity" are exempt from taxation. Code Ann. § 92-201. Appellant Annandale at Suwanee is a nonprofit corporation which has established a home for mentally handicapped persons on approximately 100 acres in Gwinnett County. The trial court, on an appeal from the Board of Equalization, held that appellant was not a "purely public charity" and was not, therefore, entitled to property tax exemption. We affirm.

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