MATTER OF WORLEY

No. 8810PTC549.

377 S.E.2d 270 (1989)

In the Matter of The Appeal of Charles E. WORLEY from the Decision of the Alamance County Board of Equalization and Review for 1986 Concerning the Exemption from Property Tax of Certain Property of Beacon Baptist Church.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

County Atty., S.C. Kitchen, Graham, for Alamance County, appellant.

Tuggle, Duggins, Meschan, & Elrod, P.A. by Carolyn J. Woodruff, Greensboro, for Beacon Baptist Church, appellant.

Charles E. Worley, Graham, pro se appellee.


BECTON, Judge.

Beacon Baptist Church and Alamance County appeal from a Property Tax Commission decision denying tax exemption for a 5.29-acre parcel of land owned by the church. (Appellants do not challenge that part of the decision granting an exemption for the church's remaining property.) Appellants contend that the parcel in dispute was tax exempt because it was "wholly and exclusively used for religious purposes," as required by statute. We agree, and reverse...

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