FREEMAN v. ST. ANDREW ORTHODOX CHURCH, INC.

No. 2007-SC-000640-DG.

294 S.W.3d 425 (2009)

John Bradford FREEMAN, Jessamine County Property Valuation Administrator, et al., Appellants, v. ST. ANDREW ORTHODOX CHURCH, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas M. Dowell, Department of Revenue, Office of Legal Services, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellants.

David Andrew Owen, Jennifer Sartor Smart, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Lexington, KY, Mark Francis Sommer, Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee.


Opinion of the Court by Justice CUNNINGHAM.

"Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." Matthew 22:21 (King James).

This cogent principle, set down over 2,000 years ago, is precisely the issue with which we now struggle in interpreting Section 170 of the Kentucky Constitution. It states in pertinent part: "There shall be exempt from taxation ... real property owned and occupied by, and...

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