MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE v. DEPT.

No. 4-07-0404.

884 N.E.2d 1168 (2007)

378 Ill. App.3d 1069

The MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, an Illinois Corporation; and the Illinois Masonic Home, an Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF the State of Illinois and Brian A. Hamer, Director of Revenue of the State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 28, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Warmoth (argued) or Brainard Law Offices, Charleston, for Appellants.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Chicago (Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Timothy K. McPike and Ainat Margalit (argued), Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of the court:

In November 2003, plaintiffs, the Most Wonderful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Illinois and the Illinois Masonic Home (collectively, the Lodge), filed an application for a nonhomestead property-tax exemption for 2003, pursuant to sections 15-65 and 15-125 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/15-65, 15-125 (West 2002)). In January 2004, defendants, the Department of Revenue of...

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