Northwestern University v. People ex rel. Huck

Citations

• 86 Ill. 141

Syllabus

<p>Taxation — exemption of property held for educational and religious purposes. Under the constitution of 1848 it was not competent for the Legislature to exempt from taxation property owned by educational, religious, or charitable corporations, which was not itself used directly in aid of the purpose for which such corporations were created, but which was held for profit merely, although the profits were to be devoted to the proper purposes of such corporations.</p>