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JEFFERSON COUNTY v. UNITED STATES

No. 12008.

164 F.2d 184 (1947)

JEFFERSON COUNTY, FLA., et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 7, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Tom Watson, Atty. Gen. of Florida, and T. Paine Kelly, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Fla., for appellants.

Thomas L. McKevitt, Roger P. Marquis, and Alvin O. West, all of Washington, D. C., A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., and George Earl Hoffman, U. S. Atty., of Pensacola, Fla., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by the United States to obtain relief from taxes assessed on, and to establish its tax immunity for the years in question as to, lands in Jefferson County, Florida.

The defenses were: (1) That the United States did not own the beneficial title to the lands but merely held a bare legal title in trust for the Florida Rural Rehabilitation Corporation; (2) that the lands...

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