BENSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 23859.

442 F.2d 1221 (1971)

Eleanor M. BENSON, James A. Travis, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Sheriffs Moss, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. William S. Estabrook, III, Washington, D. C., of the Bar of the Supreme Court of New York, pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. Walters, Messrs. Lee A. Jackson and Crombie J. D. Garrett, Attys., Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Leonard J. Henzke, Jr., Atty., Department of Justice, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal, brought by the co-owners of real property situated in the District of Columbia, is from the District Court's adverse disposition of their suit to quiet title to that property. Their action, seeking a decree that their property is not subject to a federal tax lien filed by appellee, raises a serious and novel question with regard to the form in which this jurisdiction recognizes the common law estate...

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