Dodge Street Building Corporation, a Nebraska Corporation v. The United States

COWEN, Chief Judge.

In 1924 Elks Lodge No. 1817 (then known as Lodge No. 39) of Omaha, Nebraska, erected an 8-story, concrete and brick structure at 18th and Dodge Street in Omaha. The building was constructed in a manner to facilitate various uses by the lodge. The seventh and eighth floors were combined for use as a ballroom and club; the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors were designed for and devoted to hotel use, having a total of 105 rooms — 35 on each floor. Each room on these floors contained a private lavatory and toilet. Twelve of the rooms on each floor had full private baths. For the…