RIGGS DEVELOPMENT CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 10144, 10173.

184 F.2d 698 (1950)

RIGGS DEVELOPMENT CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. COLONIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied January 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jacob N. Halper, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles Kershenbaum, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioners.

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

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied January 8, 1951. See 71 S.Ct. 351.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioners appeal from decisions of the Board of Tax Appeals of the District of Columbia that certain gains are taxable as income.

Petitioners were incorporated in 1941 and 1943, respectively. Each corporation was authorized to improve and deal in real estate and specifically, among other things, to buy, sell and lease. Each corporation bought vacant land and improved it...

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