Supreme Court of Georgia October 5, 1972, 27364 (St. Joseph Hospital v. Bohler)

Grice, Presiding Justice.

At issue here is whether a hospital is exempt from ad valorem taxation as an institution

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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.