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CATHOLIC HOME FOR AGED LADIES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 9318.

161 F.2d 901 (1947)

CATHOLIC HOME FOR AGED LADIES, Inc., v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 26, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Augustus P. Crenshaw, III, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Francis W. Hill, Jr., of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

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

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

GRONER, Chief Justice.

Petitioner, as everyone admits, is a nonprofit, charitable organization. It was incorporated under the District of Columbia laws in 1911 to maintain a home for aged ladies of the Catholic faith who were without means of self-support. For many years it has operated in Georgetown a home for indigent old ladies who might otherwise have become public charges. The occupants contributed nothing to the cost of operation and maintenance. They lived...

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