· 4/20/1970
Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital v. Health & Educational Facilities Board
Citations
- 453 S.W.2d 771
- 224 Tenn. 240
- 1970 Tenn. LEXIS 383
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- finding that bonds issued by health and educational facilities board did not violate Article II, § 29
- “The Health and Educational Facilities Board, while it is a separate corporate entity, is merely an agency or instrumentality of Knox County, formed under a duly adopted Resolution of Knox County.”
- Health and Education Board an \agency or instrumentality\ and thus its bonds are exempt from taxation. Simply because board mortgaged public property to support bond issue does not mean municipality lent its credit to transaction, and thus municipality is not directly liable.
- Health and Education Board an “agency or instrumentality” and thus its bonds are exempt from taxation. Simply because board mortgaged public property to support bond issue does not mean municipality lent its credit to transaction, and thus municipality is not directly liable.
- bonds issued by health & educational facilities board
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Judges: Creson, Dyer, Jenkins, McCanless, Smith
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