STROPE v. JONES

No. 64770.

658 S.W.2d 12 (1983)

James STROPE, Acting Assessor for Jackson County, Missouri, Appellant, v. Samuel JONES, et al., Commissioners, State Tax Commission of Missouri, Respondents.

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 respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals the circuit court's judgment affirming the State Tax Commission's ruling that a religious bookstore owned and operated by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention was exempt from 1980 Jackson County ad valorem property taxes because it was operated "for purposes purely charitable" within the meaning of Mo. Const. art. X, § 6 and § 137.100(5), RSMo 1978.

The Sunday School Board, a Tennessee not-for-profit...

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