OUR LADY OF EPHESUS v. TOWN OF JAMAICA

No. 04-001.

869 A.2d 145 (2005)

2005 VT 16

OUR LADY OF EPHESUS HOUSE OF PRAYER, INC. v. TOWN OF JAMAICA.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 28, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Reiss of Gravel and Shea, Burlington, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robin Stern of Potter Stewart, Jr. Law Offices, P.C., Brattleboro, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present: DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and REIBER, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


DOOLEY, J.

¶ 1. Plaintiff, Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer, Inc. (OLEHOP), appeals a superior court judgment that declined to increase the portion of plaintiff's property exempt from property taxation beyond the amount determined in a previous ruling. OLEHOP argues that all of its property is exempt as either a pious or public use. We affirm.

¶ 2. OLEHOP is a nonprofit corporation organized in Vermont and granted tax-exempt status as a church...

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