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ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL v. BOHLER

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229 Ga. 577 (1972)

193 S.E.2d 603

ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL OF AUGUSTA v. BOHLER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 5, 1972.

Rehearing Denied October 23, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Hester, Holley, Ashmore & Boozer, J. Carlisle Overstreet, Glenn B. Hester, for appellant.

Franklin H. Pierce, for appellees.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, Gary B. Andrews, Assistant Attorneys General, amicus curiae.

GRICE, Presiding Justice.

At issue here is whether a hospital is exempt from ad valorem taxation as an institution of "purely public charity" under Article VII, Section I, Paragraph IV of the Georgia Constitution (Code Ann. § 2-5404).

St. Joseph Hospital filed in the Superior Court of Richmond County a complaint for declaratory judgment in regard to its tax status against Charles S. Bohler, Jr., and various...

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