MABEE PETROLEUM CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 14210.

203 F.2d 872 (1953)

MABEE PETROLEUM CORP. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin L Bird, Fort Worth, Tex., Weeks, Bird, Cannon & Appleman, Fort Worth, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.

C. Moxley Featherston, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Ellis N. Slack, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., William Cantrell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Charles S. Lyon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank B. Potter, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Mabee Petroleum Corporation, claiming exemption under Section 101 (6) of the Internal Revenue Code,1 brought this suit to recover income taxes paid for the years 1948 and 1949.

The questions presented are whether appellant corporation is entitled to the claimed statutory exemption as having been "organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, * * * or educational purposes...

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