Legal Opinion
Workshop Center of the Arts v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 28, 1958No. 2193PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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 recovery and the Workshop has appealed. Before considering the errors claimed by the Workshop, we must first consider the District’s assertion that the trial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- District of Columbia v. Mt. Vernon SeminaryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Lindner v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1943
- Congregational Home of District of Columbia v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Trustees of St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church South v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1954
3Cited by1 opinion
- Trustees of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977