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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. VESTRY OF ST. JAMES PARISH

No. 9092.

153 F.2d 621 (1946)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. VESTRY OF ST. JAMES PARISH.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia.

Decided January 14, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G. C. Updegraff, Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, D. C., and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, D. C., both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief for petitioner. Mr. Richmond B. Keech, Corporation Counsel, of Washington, D. C., at the time the brief for the District was filed, also appears thereon.

Mr. Henry M. Ward, of Washington, D. C., pro hac vice, by special leave of court, for respondent.

Before GRONER, C. J., and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, JJ.

GRONER, C. J.

The respondent, a religious corporation, is the owner of a church and a rectory located in the District of Columbia. The District Assessor, in the 1944 real estate assessment, returned a part of the rectory building for taxation. The Church in due time petitioned the Board of Tax Appeals to strike the assessment as erroneous. There was a hearing in accordance with the provisions of the statute and a decision in favor of the Church, and from that decision...

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