JEWISH WAR VETERANS, U.S.A. NATIONAL MEMORIAL v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 13404.

243 F.2d 646 (1957)

JEWISH WAR VETERANS, U.S.A. NATIONAL MEMORIAL, Inc., Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sol M. Alpher, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Louis E. Spiegler, Washington, D. C., and Ernest M. Shalowitz, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Leo J. Ehrig, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel for Dist. of Columbia, with whom Mr. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Mr. Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Mr. Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for respondent. Mr. Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel at the time the record was filed, and Mr. George C. Updegraff, Asst. Corp. Counsel, also entered appearances for respondent.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition to review a decision of the District of Columbia Tax Court. The case concerns a real estate tax. Petitioner was organized in April, 1954. Throughout the period here involved it owned certain real estate. On August 4, 1955, the President signed an act of Congress1 which provided that certain described real estate owned by petitioner "is hereby exempt...

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