BD. OF EQUALIZATION v. YORK RITE, ETC.

A93A0710.

209 Ga. App. 359 (1993)

433 S.E.2d 299

BOARD OF EQUALIZATION v. YORK RITE BODIES OF FREEMASONRY OF SAVANNAH et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrow, Sims, Morrow & Lee, R. Stephen Sims, for appellant.

Walter Cowart, Gordon B. Smith, for appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the properties of two Masonic organizations are entitled to exemption from ad valorem taxation under OCGA § 48-5-41 (a) (4) as institutions of "purely public charity." In York Rite Bodies of Freemasonry &c. v. Bd. of Equalization, 198 Ga.App. 147, 149 (2) (401 S.E.2d 30) (1990), we held that the Masonic lodges in question are...

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