Jewish War Veterans, U.S.A. National Memorial, Inc. v. District of Columbia

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 Congress 1 which provided that certain described real estate owned by petitioner “is hereby exempt from all taxation * * * subject to the provisions of sections 2, 3 and 5” of the act which defines exemptions from real estate taxation. 2 On September 1, 1955, petitioner received from the Assessor by…