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S.S. BD. OF S. BAPTIST CONVENTION v. MITCHELL

No. 64495.

658 S.W.2d 1 (1983)

The SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD OF the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, d/b/a Baptist Book Store, Respondent, v. James P. MITCHELL, Director of Revenue of Jackson County, Missouri, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Dandino, John B. Williams, Norma K. Stratemeier, Kansas City, for appellant.

Thomas F. Schlafly, St. Louis, for respondent.

WELLIVER, Judge.

The question in this case is whether respondent's Kansas City religious bookstore is operated "for purposes purely charitable" within the meaning of Mo. Const, art. X, § 6 and § 137.100(5), RSMo 1978,1 so that the bookstore's real and personal property is exempt from Jackson County ad valorem property taxes.

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The facts are stipulated.

Respondent, the Sunday School Board of the Southern...

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