Wesley M.E. Church v. City of Columbia
89 S.E. 641 | S.C. | 1916
August 10, 1916. The opinion of the Court was delivered by The appeal presents a single issue of law. It is not denied that if the pavement in issue had been put down before the lot of a citizen, that the citizen would be bound to pay for it. It is only denied that a like obligation rests on the plaintiff here, because the plaintiff is a church, and its property is by the fundamental law exempt from "taxation."
The charge in the instant case was not a tax within the meaning of the Constitution of 1895. That issue is thoroughly discussed, and decided adverse to the appellant, inRailroad v. Decatur,
The judgment below is affirmed. *305