LEVER BROS. CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 11284, 11285.

204 F.2d 39 (1953)

LEVER BROS. CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. LEVER BROS. CO.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1953.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton V. Freeman, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. G. Duane Vieth and George Bunn, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 11284 and for respondent in No. 11285.

Mr. George C. Updegraff, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, and Chester H. Gray, Principal Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner in No. 11285 and for respondent in No. 11284. Mr. William S. Cheatham, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, entered his appearance in behalf of the petitioner in No. 11285 and for respondent in No. 11284.

Before CLARK, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

We are here called upon to review the correctness of a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals for the District of Columbia.1 The decision relates to the franchise tax assessed against the taxpayer, Lever Brothers Company, for the year 1948, under the District of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947, as amended in 1948.2 Both Lever and the District contend that the Board erred...

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