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REAL ESTATE TITLE INS. CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 9414, 9415.

161 F.2d 887 (1947)

REAL ESTATE TITLE INS. CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. COLUMBIA TITLE INS. CO. v. SAME.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 12, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis M. Denit, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Thomas S. Jackson, A. Leckie Cox and Coleman L. Diamond, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Harry L. Walker, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for respondent.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and CLARK and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

GRONER, C. J.

The problem in this case is to determine under which of two local statutes petitioners are taxable. The question arises under these circumstances: Petitioners are what are commonly known as title insurance companies and have for about seventy years operated under certificates of incorporation authorizing them "to insure titles to real estate in the District of Columbia and generally transact and perform all business relating to said object." In 1937...

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