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Cemetery Taxes Point at Issue in Kanawha Case
A Kanawha County circuit case questions if lands planned as cemeteries are taxable. Mountain View Cemetery Co v. L. C. Massey featured an injunction against Massey as sheriff restraining tax collection. State tax officials sought to dissolve the injunction, arguing profits from cemetery lots trigger taxation while cemetery land not used for graves may be taxed. Several common pleas verdicts and court orders followed, with various divorces, bond adjustments, and tax remittances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Pares A. Pyton
Mountain View Cemetery Company
John M. Woods
Cemetery Concern
Simms
Common Pens
Common Pleas Court
Magnolia Service Corporation
L. H. Harrison
H. B. Lynn
Mra
John Chaney
Lotte
Albert Spencer
E. Johnson
Leonard Shore
Mabel Booker
Holly Boul
Mike Buck
Mary Buck
Howard N. Luckey
Timselt
James W. Jarrett
Guardian Trust Company
Salt of Belle Improvement Company
J. C. Slack
Barren Creek Collieries Company
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