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Albany General Hospital v. Department of Revenue

Oregon Supreme Court
Mar 24, 1977
561 P.2d 1029 (Or. 1977)

Opinion

Tax Court No. 993, Supreme Court No. 24604

Argued March 7, 1977.

Affirmed March 24, 1977.

In Banc

Appeal from Oregon Tax Court.

6 OTR 446 (1976).

Carlisle B. Roberts, Judge.

Gary E. Norman of Scott Norman, Albany, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Theodore de Looze, Chief Tax Counsel, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Attorney General, and James D. Manary, Assistant Attorney General, Salem.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.



Plaintiff hospital conducts its charitable operation on a block of land upon which is located a building being used for its current operation. On the same block of land is another building, which plaintiff ceased using and which it leases to Linn County, wherein are conducted the county's health department, alcohol detoxification unit, preschool inoculation program, and various clinics including one for venereal disease control. Because of the lease to the County, the assessor placed the building and the land immediately associated with it on the tax rolls for the 1975-1976 tax year. A Department of Revenue hearings officer upheld the assessor, as did the Oregon Tax Court. 6 OTR 446 (1976).

The hospital contends that the use to which Linn County put the building is such that it contributed to the furtherance of the charitable goals which are the basis for the hospital's existing tax exemption under ORS 307.130, and the property therefore continues to be exempt from taxation under the holding of this court's opinion in YMCA v. Dept. of Rev., 268 Or. 633, 522 P.2d 464 (1974).

This court is of the belief that the tax court's opinion properly disposed of the hospital's contention and that the state of the law would not be further advanced by an opinion of this court.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Albany General Hospital v. Department of Revenue

Oregon Supreme Court
Mar 24, 1977
561 P.2d 1029 (Or. 1977)
Case details for

Albany General Hospital v. Department of Revenue

Case Details

Full title:ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Respondent

Court:Oregon Supreme Court

Date published: Mar 24, 1977

Citations

561 P.2d 1029 (Or. 1977)
561 P.2d 1029

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