WORKSHOP CENTER OF THE ARTS v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2193.

145 A.2d 571 (1958)

WORKSHOP CENTER OF THE ARTS, a corporation, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. S. L. Perlman, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leo J. Ehrig, Jr., Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Henry E. Wixon, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Workshop Center of the Arts, a corporation, brought this action against the District of Columbia to recover real estate taxes paid during the years 1952 to 1955, inclusive, on property owned by the Workshop and in which it carried on its activities.1 The theory of its action is that its property was exempt from taxation and that the taxes were illegally assessed and were paid under duress. The trial court denied...

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